Transcend
[træn'send;trɑːn-] or [træn'sɛnd]
Definition
(v. t.) To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds.
(v. t.) To pass over; to go beyond; to exceed.
(v. t.) To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed.
(v. i.) To climb; to mount.
(v. i.) To be transcendent; to excel.
Editor: Ricky
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Exceed, transgress, overstep, pass, overpass, go beyond, pass over.[2]. Surmount, rise above.[3]. Surpass, excel, outstrip, overtop, outdo.
Checker: Marsha
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Surmount, surpass, out-top, outstrip, excel, exceed, eclipse, outvie
ANT:Fail, fall, foil
Checked by Balder
Definition
v.t. to rise above: to surmount: to surpass: to exceed.—ns. Transcen′dence Transcen′dency.—adjs. Transcen′dent transcending: superior or supreme in excellence: surpassing others: as applicable to being relating to the absolute transcending all limitation—as applicable to knowledge pertaining to what transcends experience being given ?priori: beyond human knowledge: abstrusely speculative fantastic; Transcenden′tal transcending: supereminent surpassing others: concerned with what is independent of experience: vague.—v.t. Transcenden′talise.—ns. Transcenden′talism the investigation of what is ?priori in human knowledge or independent of experience: that which is vague and illusive in philosophy: the American reaction against Puritan prejudices humdrum orthodoxy old-fashioned metaphysics materialistic philistinism and materialism—best associated with the name of R. W. Emerson (1803-82); Transcenden′talist.—advs. Transcenden′tally; Transcen′dently.—n. Transcen′dentness.
Typist: Tabitha
Examples
- Why in the face of hundreds of philosophies wrecked on the rocks of the unexpected do men continue to believe that the intellect can transcend the vicissitudes of experience? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- On the one hand, science, commerce, and art transcend national boundaries. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It was something beyond love, such a gladness of having surpassed oneself, of having transcended the old existence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- At that point he had transcended the mind of the petty reformer completely. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But their practic al achievements far transcended their theoretical formulations. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Its nearness was such that, notwithstanding its actual smallness, its glow infinitely transcended theirs. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The funeral procession of monarchs of old, was transcended by our splendid shews. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Afterwards--when he _did_ reach home--the scene transcends description. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Thou art a mad knave, said the Captain, but thy plan transcends! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- This transcends both the efficiency which consists in supplying products to others and the culture which is an exclusive refinement and polish. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- There is _a natural and necessary political map of the world_ which transcends these things. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Shane