transcend
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
transcend/tranˈsend/
▶verb
- 1 be or go beyond the range or limits of.
- 2 surpass (a person or achievement).
– origin ME: from OFr. transcendre or L. transcendere, from trans- ‘across’ + scandere ‘climb’.
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