1. To pass beyond the limits of: emotions that transcend understanding.2. To be greater than, as in intensity or power; surpass: love that transcends infatuation. See synonyms at excel. 3. To exist above and independent of (material experience or the universe): “One never can see the thing in itself, because the mind does not transcend phenomena” (Hilaire Belloc).
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
To be transcendent; excel.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English transcenden, from Old French transcendre, from Latin trnscendere : trns-, trans- + scandere, to climb; see skand- in Appendix I.
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