Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Transcend \Tran*scend"\, 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.