Transcend \Tran*scend"\ (tr[a^]n*s[e^]nd"), 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.
Transcend \Tran*scend"\ (tr[a^]n*s[e^]nd"), v. i. 1. To climb; to mount. [Obs.]
2. To be transcendent; to excel. [R.]
If we want to continue to be number one, we need to transcend the legacy of modernism - modern thought and modern institutions, including bureaucracy. You know how different American society is today compared to 1960 or even 1970.
Speaking to the president, Kemp said Reagan had "brought us to the threshold of a new era _ in fact, you've brought us over the threshold." "You've shown us that we can do more than contain our adversaries _ we can transcend them," Kemp said.
The only catch is that the guest must try to transcend reason through Zen _and accept the discipline aimed at enlightenment.
Modern economies transcend national boundaries and dangers like Chernobyl are also no respecter of borders. Five years ago I said that the Soviet Union had only one option - to dissolve itself.
We at Imperial College are able to identify a range of long-term research interests which transcend national frontiers.
He said he said he would "transcend all ideological differences" to look for ways to help deal with urban problems.
You've shown us that we can do more than contain our adversaries _ we can transcend them.
Yet, he said, humans realize their limited finitude, and by that very fact, transcend it in awareness of some potential infinity.
Even in Atlanta this week, some matters are vital enough to transcend party lines.
As to what a work of art is, about what goes into its creation and the ways in which, at the highest levels of achievement, it may be said to transcend the conditions of its creation, Mrs. Huffington clearly knows nothing.
Nixon and the Chinese leaders have agreed on the need of the two countries to have strong relations that transcend ideological differences.
"The arts transcend society.
As a well-written, beautifully acted, wide-ranging look at Vietnam, "China Beach" has the potential to transcend the narrowness of the apolitical combat formula.
U.N. chief Javier Perez de Cuellar, President Bush and other leaders worldwide denounced the killing Wednesday of President Rene Mouawad of Lebanon but hoped Lebanese could transcend the "dark shadow" it cast on the region.