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Word entry · 9 letters

transcend

Best crossword clue

"Rise above"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /tɹæn(t)ˈsɛnd/Part of speech verbSorted acdennrstStarts with TEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. be superior or better than some standard

Word origin

From Middle English transcenden, from Old French transcender, from Latin transcendō (“to climb over, step over, surpass, transcend”), from trans (“over”) + scandō (“to climb”); see scan; compare ascend, descend.

Used in a sentence

  • We cannot transcend what we refuse to face.
  • such personal popes, emperors, or elective kings, as shall transcend their limits
  • Shepard: What do you want from us? Slaves? Resources? My kind transcends your very understanding. We are each a nation. Independent, free of all weakness. You cannot grasp the nature of our existence.

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