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transcend

Definition for transcend

verb as in go beyond; surpass

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"These are causes that transcend centuries," he added.

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The setting is still a Swiss alpine hamlet, but the villagers are all members of some puritanical sect and its sleepwalking heroine, Amina, has longings that transcend its limits.

The best actors carry a kind of magic that reaches into us and transcends the silver screen.

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Because some of this stuff just transcends words.

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You’d have to be there, but it was just a magical, transcending moment.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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