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 a motley. he had on a tight-fitting parts-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