transcend
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
< Old French transcender , Latin transcendere (“‘to climb over, step over, surpass, transcend’”) < trans (“‘over’”) + scandere (“‘to climb’”); see scan; cf. ascend, descend.
[edit] Verb
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to 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.
[edit] Derived terms
- transcendence
- transcendency
- transcendent
- transcendental
- transcendentalism
- transcendentalist
- transcendentally
- transcending
[edit] Translations
to pass beyond the limits of something
to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel
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[edit] External links
- transcend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- transcend in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
