Read the excerpt below and answer the question. it was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season, that i encountered my friend. he accosted me with excessive warmth, for he had been drinking much. the man wore motley. he had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress, and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells. i was so to see him that i thought i should never have done wringing his hand. in the excerpt above, the word surmounted most nearly means

a; ; mounted upon

b; ; gotten over or across

c; ; prevailed over

d; ; equaled in value