transcend
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French transcender, Latin transcendere (“to climb over, step over, surpass, transcend”), from trans (“over”) + scandere (“to climb”); see scan; compare ascend, descend.
Verb [edit]
transcend (third-person singular simple present transcends, present participle transcending, simple past and past participle transcended)
- (transitive) to pass beyond the limits of something.
- (transitive) to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel.
- (obsolete) To climb; to mount.
Derived terms [edit]
- transcendence
- transcendency
- transcendent
- transcendental
- transcendentalism
- transcendentalist
- transcendentally
- transcending
Translations [edit]
to pass beyond the limits of something
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to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel
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External links [edit]
- transcend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- transcend in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
