Category:Transcend

Tran*scend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transcended; p. pr. & vb. n. Transcending.] Etym: [l. transcendere, transcensum; trans beyond, Over + scandere to climb. See scan.]

1. To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending The region of the clouds. Howell.

2. To pass over; to go beyond; to exceed. Such popes as shall transcend their limits. Bacon.

8. To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed. How much her worth transcended all her kind. Dryden.

Transcend Tran*scend", v. i.

1. To climb; to mount. [obs.]

2. To be transcendent; to excel. [r.]