Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Transcend

Transcend (tran*send") , transitive verb

[Latin 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*send") , intransitive verb

1.
To climb; to mount. [Obsolete]
2.
To be transcendent; to excel. [Rare]