transcend

verb
/tɹæn(t)ˈsɛnd/

Etymology

From Middle English transcenden, from Old French transcender, from Latin transcendō (“to climb over, step over, surpass, transcend”), from trans (“over”) + scandō (“to climb”); see scan; compare ascend, descend.

  1. derived from transcendō
  2. derived from transcender
  3. inherited from transcenden

Definitions

  1. To pass beyond the limits of something.

    • We cannot transcend what we refuse to face.
    • such personal popes, emperors, or elective kings, as shall transcend their limits
    • Shepard: What do you want from us? Slaves? Resources? My kind transcends your very understanding. We are each a nation. Independent, free of all weakness. You cannot grasp the nature of our existence.
  2. To surpass, as in intensity or power

    To surpass, as in intensity or power; to excel.

    • How much her worth transcended all her kind.
  3. To climb

    To climb; to mount.

    • lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds
    • your Muse soars up to the upper, and transcending that too, takes her fight among the Celestial bodies

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA