Tran*scend" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transcended; p. pr. & vb. n. Transcending.] [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.
© Webster 1913.
Tran*scend" (?), v. i.
1.
To climb; to mount.
[Obs.]
2.
To be transcendent; to excel.
[R.]
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