برع1 بَرَعَ الجَبَلَ He ascended, or ascended upon, the mountain. (TA.) b2:  And بَرَعَ صَاحِبَهُ He was, or became, superior to his companion; he excelled him; (IAar;) he overcame him. (K.) A2:  بَرَعَ, (S, Msb, K,) aor. ـَ (Msb, MS, PS, [accord. to the TA, which is followed in the TK, بَرُعَ, which is evidently a mistake,]) and بَرُعَ, aor. ـُ (S, Msb, K;) and بَرِعَ, aor. ـَ (Sgh, K;) inf. n. بُرُوعٌ, (M, K,) which is of بَرَعَ, (TA,) and بَرَاعَةٌ, (S, M, Msb, K,) which is of بَرُعَ [and is the more common]; (Msb, TA;) He excelled in knowledge, or courage, or other qualities: (Msb:) or he excelled his companions in knowledge &c.: (S, K:) or he was, or became, accomplished, perfect, or complete, in every excellence, and in goodliness. (M, K.) 5 تبرّع بِالعَطَآءِ He gave what was not incumbent, or obligatory, on him; he gave supererogatorily: (K:) or he gave gratuitously, unasked, or unbidden: (TA:) as though he affected بَرَاعَة [or excellence] therein, and generosity. (Z, TA.) And تبرّع بِالأَمْرِ He did, or performed, the thing, or affair, disinterestedly; not seeking, or desiring, a compensation. (Msb.) And تبرّع بِالجِهَادِ [He engaged unbidden, or disinterestedly, in war against unbelievers]. (Msb in art. طوع.) بَرِيعَةٌ: see بَارِعٌ.بَارِعٌ Anything overtopping. (IAar.) b2:  Excelling in knowledge, or courage, or other qualities: (Msb:) or excelling his companions in knowledge &c.: (S, K:) or accomplished, perfect, or complete, in every excellence, and in goodliness: (K:) fem. with ة. (K.) And ↓ بَرِيعَةٌ, applied to a woman, (IAar,) Excelling in goodliness, or beauty, and in intelligence. (IAar, K.) and بَارِعَةٌ, applied to a girl, Goodly, or beautiful. (TA.) b3:  أَمْرٌ بَارِعٌ A case, a state, or condition, or an affair, exalted, or of high estimation; (TA;) goodly, or comely. (K, TA.) b4:  سَعْدٌ البَارعِ A certain نَجْم [or asterism]. (TA, [in which it is here said to be “of the Mansions,”i. e., of the Mansions of the Moon; but it seems that لَيْسَ, or the like, has been omitted by a copyist; for it is said in art. سعد, (q. v.,) on several authorities, to be not of the Mansions of the Moon.]) هٰذَا أَبْرَعُ مِنْهُ This is larger, bigger, or more bulky, than he, or it. (K, TA.) فَعَلَهُ مُتَبَرِّعًا He did it without its being incumbent, or obligatory, on him; supererogatorily: or gratuitously, unasked, or unbidden: or disinterestedly; not seeking, or desiring, a compensation: syn. مُتَطَوِّعًا. (S, K.)