9 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
verb be greater in scope or size than some standard
verb be superior or better than some standard
originFrom Middle English transcenden, from Old French transcender, from Latin transcendō (“to climb over, step over, surpass, transcend”), from trans (“over”) + scandō (“to climb”); see scan; compare ascend, descend.
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