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Transcend   /trænsˈɛnd/   Listen
verb
Transcend  v. t.  (past & past part. transcended; pres. part. transcending)  
1.
To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds.
2.
To pass over; to go beyond; to exceed. "Such popes as shall transcend their limits."
3.
To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed. "How much her worth transcended all her kind."


Transcend  v. i.  
1.
To climb; to mount. (Obs.)
2.
To be transcendent; to excel. (R.)





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"Transcend" Quotes from Famous Books



... the first declaration of an International Workingmen's Party. Its fine peroration is a call to the workers to transcend the petty divisions of nationalism and sectarianism: "The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite!" These concluding phrases of the Manifesto have become the shibboleths of millions. They are repeated with fervor by the ...
— Socialism - A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles • John Spargo
... comely streams and hillocks clear, in double folds, embrace; E'en Fairyland, forsooth, transcend they do in elegance and grace! The "Fragrant Plant" the theme is of the ballad fan, green-made. Like drooping plum-bloom flap the lapel red and the Hsiang gown. From prosperous times must have been handed down those pearls and ...
— Hung Lou Meng, Book I • Cao Xueqin
... to science to transcend all we now think we know of matter and to gain new glimpses of a profounder scheme ...
— The Life Radiant • Lilian Whiting
... keep unsullied fame, Transcend all other worth, all other praise. The Spirit, high enthroned, has made their hearts ...
— Harold, Complete - The Last Of The Saxon Kings • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... for the evening meal rang. There are hours in which we transcend ourselves, but a little thing brings us back to the level on which we live. As Sophia hastily brushed her dark hair, mortified pride stabbed her again, and scorn again came to the rescue. "What does it matter? It would have been better, truly, if ...
— What Necessity Knows • Lily Dougall


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