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Webster 1913 Edition

Transcendent

Tran-scend′ent

,
Adj.
[L.
transcendens
,
-entis
, p. pr. of
transcendere
to transcend: cf. F.
transcendant
, G.
transcendent
.]
1.
Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence; surpassing others;
as,
transcendent
worth;
transcendent
valor
.
Clothed with
transcendent
brightness.
Milton.
2.
(Kantian Philos.)
Transcending, or reaching beyond, the limits of human knowledge; – applied to affirmations and speculations concerning what lies beyond the reach of the human intellect.

Tran-scend′ent

,
Noun.
That which surpasses or is supereminent; that which is very excellent.

Webster 1828 Edition

Transcendent

TRANSCEND'ENT

,
Adj.
[L. transcendens.] Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence; surpassing others; as transcendent worth; transcendent valor.
Cloth'd with transcendent brightness.

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