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Webster 1913 Edition
Transcend
Tran-scend′
(trăn-sĕnd′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Transcended
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Transcending
.] 1.
To rise above; to surmount;
as, lights in the heavens
. transcending
the region of the cloudsHowell.
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.
Tran-scend′
(trăn-sĕnd′)
, Verb.
I.
1.
To climb; to mount.
[Obs.]
2.
To be transcendent; to excel.
[R.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Transcend
TRANSCEND'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To rise above; to surmount; as lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds.2.
To pass over; to go beyond. It is dangerous opinion to such hopes as shall transcend their limits.
3.
To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed. How much her worth transcended all her kind.
TRANSCEND'
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
transcend
transcend
English
Verb
transcend (third-person singular simple present transcends, present participle transcending, simple past and past participle transcended)
- (transitive) to pass beyond the limits of something.
- Francis Bacon
- such popes as shall transcend their limits
- Francis Bacon
- (transitive) to surpass, as in intensity or power; to excel.
- Dryden
- How much her worth transcended all her kind.
- Dryden
- (obsolete) To climb; to mount.
- lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Howell to this entry?)
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
to pass beyond the limits of something
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to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel
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