transcending

Verb

transcend (third-person singular simple present transcends, present participle transcending, simple past and past participle transcended)

1. (transitive) To pass beyond the limits of something.
   • We cannot transcend what we refuse to face.

   Synonyms:

   exceed

2. (transitive) To surpass, as in intensity or power; to excel.
   • How much her worth transcended all her kind.c. 1698, John Dryden, Epitaph on the Monument of a Fair Maiden Lady

   Synonyms:

   better

3. (obsolete) To climb; to mount.
   • lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds

   Synonyms:

   ascend