TRANSCEND

v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

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

2.
v.

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

3.
v.

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

4.
v.

To climb; to mount. [Obs.]

5.
v.

To be transcendent; to excel. [R.]