transcend: meaning and definitions

To pass beyond the limits of: emotions that transcend understanding.

To be greater than, as in intensity or power; surpass: love that transcends infatuation. See Synonyms at excel.

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).

To be transcendent; excel.