Tran*scend" (?), 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.
2. To pass over; to go beyond; to exceed.
Such popes as shall transcend their
limits.
Bacon.
8. To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to
exceed.
How much her worth transcended all her
kind.
Dryden.Tran*scend" (trăn*send"), v. i.
1. To climb; to mount. [Obs.]
2. To be transcendent; to excel. [R.]