Transcended

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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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