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transcend

transcend is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To pass over; to go beyond; to exceed. Such popes as shall transcend their limits. Bacon.
  2. 2.To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed. How much her worth transcended all her kind. Dryden.
  3. 3.To climb; to mount. [Obs.]
  4. 4.To be transcendent; to excel. [R.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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