D defs.my
Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

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/(trăn*sĕnd")/ · Tran·scend · IPA /tɹæn(t)ˈsɛnd/
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. 1.
    To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds.
  2. 2.
    To pass over; to go beyond; to exceed.
    “Such popes as shall transcend their limits.” Bacon.
  3. 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. 1.
    To climb; to mount.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    To be transcendent; to excel.[R.]