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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Transcend \Tran*scend"\ (tr[a^]n*s[e^]nd"), 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.


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     2. To pass over; to go beyond; to exceed.
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              Such popes as shall transcend their limits. --Bacon.
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     8. To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed.
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              How much her worth transcended all her kind.
                                                    --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Transcend \Tran*scend"\ (tr[a^]n*s[e^]nd"), v. i.
     1. To climb; to mount. [Obs.]
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     2. To be transcendent; to excel. [R.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  transcend
       v 1: go beyond; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds"
            [syn: {exceed}, {surpass}]
       2: go beyond; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her
          performance of last year" [syn: {exceed}, {overstep}, {pass},
           {go past}, {top}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "transcend":
     beat, best, better, bulk, bulk large, cap, exceed, excel,
     go beyond, go one better, improve on, loom, loom large,
     outdistance, outdo, outshine, outsoar, outstrip, outvie, outweigh,
     overbalance, overbear, overcome, overpass, overreach, overrun,
     overshadow, overshoot, overshoot the mark, overstep, overtop, pass,
     perfect, predominate, preponderate, prevail, rear, rise above,
     soar, stand out, surpass, top, tower, tower above, tower over,
     trump
  
  

















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