Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Transcend /(trăn*sĕnd")/ · Tran·scend · IPA /tɹæn(t)ˈsɛnd/ v. t. v. i. 01 v. t. To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds. 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 clouds. 2. To pass over; to go beyond; to exceed. “Such popes as shall transcend their limits.” — Bacon. 3. To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed. “How much her worth transcended all her kind.” — Dryden. 02 v. i. To climb; to mount. 1. To climb; to mount.[Obs.] 2. To be transcendent; to excel.[R.]