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Synonyms
tran·scend (trăn-sĕnd́)

[Middle English transcenden, from Old French transcendre, from Latin trānscendere, trāns-, trans-, + scandere, to climb.]

verb: -scend·ed, -scend·ing, -scends. 

transitive verb 

  1. To pass beyond the limits of: emotions that transcend understanding.
  2. To be greater than, as in intensity or power; surpass: love that transcends infatuation. See synonyms at excel
  3. 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)

intransitive verb 

To be transcendent; excel.