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my question is , what does `超え` in
`人の理を超えその身を保ち生き永らえながら…その全てを搾取支配人を弄ぶことに費やして…何を為そうとした'` mean ?

Is it a form of `越える`? If yes, what form is it (you know, like
`～て`、`～た`、`～しょう`... etc)? I haven't stumbled across an ending like that yet.

Would appreciate your help :)
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What form is 超え in 人の理を超え…?
> What form is it?

超え is a form of the ichidan/vowel-stem verb 超える ("to go beyond", "to exceed",
"to transcend"). This form is variously called stem, verb-stem, masu-stem,
pre-masu form,
[i-form](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_verb_conjugation#i_form),
continuative from, conjunctive form, combining form or 連用形, depending on the
textbook you're using. This form can join two clauses like te-form, and it's
generally more literary and stiff.

See:

  * [て versus combining-form for joining clauses](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/23789/5010)
  * [Why this verb isn't in the dictionary form?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/48667/5010)

So 人の[理【ことわり】](https://jisho.org/word/%E7%90%86%E3%82%8A)を超え means "exceeding
(the boundary of) how human beings should be (and ...)".
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