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According to StarDict:
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Transcending
Transcend \Tran*scend"\ (tr[a^]n*s[e^]nd"), 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.
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2. To pass over; to go beyond; to exceed.
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Such popes as shall transcend their limits. --Bacon.
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8. To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed.
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How much her worth transcended all her kind.
--Dryden.
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<--- Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) --->
Transcending
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.
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and according to Wikipedia:
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In philosophy, the adjective transcendental and the noun transcendence convey three different but related primary meanings, all of them derived from the word's literal meaning (from Latin), of climbing or going beyond: one sense that originated in Ancient philosophy, one in Medieval philosophy, and one in modern philosophy.
Original definition
The first meaning, as part of the concept pair transcendence/immanence, is used primarily with reference to God's relation to the world and is particularly important in theology. Here transcendent means that God is completely outside of and beyond the world, as contrasted with the notion that God is manifested in the world. This meaning originates both in the Aristotelian view of God as the prime mover, a non-material self-consciousness that is outside of the world. Philosophies of immanence such as stoicism, Spinoza, Deleuze or pantheism maintain that God is manifested in and fully present in the world and the things in the world.
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Transcendence (philosophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
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As i don't need to cross the street in Glasgow  i tend to think of "transcendence" as climbing from this (material) plane of awareness to the next, higher one.
I also think that it is something which we all will do.... eventually.
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Patanjali - Sutra 4:17
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