transcend /tɹæn(t)ˈsɛnd/ verb3 •To pass beyond the limits of something.We cannot transcend what we refuse to face. •To surpass, as in intensity or power; to excel.How much her worth transcended all her kind. — 1698 •(no longer used) To climb; to mount.your Muse soars up to the upper, and transcending that too, takes her fight among the Celestial bodies — 1655 formstranscended · transcending · transcends