Transcend

Origin

From Old French transcender, Latin transcendere ("to climb over, step over, surpass, transcend"), from trans ("over") + scandere ("to climb"); see scan; compare ascend, descend.

Full definition of transcend

Verb

1. (transitive) to pass beyond the limits of something.
• Francis Baconsuch popes as shall transcend their limits
2. (transitive) to surpass, as in intensity or power; to excel.
• DrydenHow much her worth transcended all her kind.
3. (obsolete) To climb; to mount.lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds

Derived terms

• transcendence
• transcendency
• transcendent
• transcendental
• transcendentalism
• transcendentalist
• transcendentally
• transcending