transcend

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  1. transitive verb To pass beyond the limits of: emotions that transcend understanding.
  2. transitive verb To be greater than, as in intensity or power; surpass: love that transcends infatuation. See Synonyms at excel.
  3. transitive verb 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).
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  • In order to transcend, you have to kick the gyro, launching yourself on a trajectory skew to the plane of normal reality. —  Omni: October 1993
  • Both had been the first in their family to transcend, both had a rather morbid sense of humor, both were absolutely brilliant mathematicians. —  AnalogSF,June2003
  • As in earlier novels, Cook doesn't "transcend" the crime-suspense genre but works within it brilliantly, and while firmly based in character, this is also a gem of construction Stephen King: The Colorado Kid, Hard Case, $5.99. —  EQMM, May2006
  • Stars have fascinated humankind since the dawn of history and have allowed us to transcend ordinary lives in our literature, art, and religions. —  AvaxHome RSS:
  • There is a higher stage, the ultimate aspiration, which we call self-transcend, go beyond self, and leave a legacy.
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transcend:   transcended ·  transcending ·  transcends
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  1. Middle English transcenden, from Old French transcendre, from Latin trānscendere : trāns-, trans- + scandere, to climb; see skand- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Old French transcender =Spanish transcender, trascender =Portuguese transcender =Italian transcendere, trascendere, from Latin transcendere, transscendere, climb over, step over, surpass, transcend, from trans, over, + scandere, climb: see scan. Cf. ascend, descend.
 

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