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noun

Transcendent n. That which surpasses or is supereminent; that which is very excellent.

adjective

Transcendent adj.

Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence; surpassing others; as, transcendent worth; transcendent valor. "Clothed with transcendent brightness."

(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.

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"Transcendent" Quotes from Famous Books

... such transcendent powers, men within whose souls the fire of musical genius so brightly burns, cannot stop; for the essence, the very soul, of music, is the predominating, the all-absorbing quality that forms their natures; and therefore ...

— Music and Some Highly Musical People • James M. Trotter

... Washington's capacities—this impossibility of analyzing and understanding the elements and methods of his wisdom—have led some persons to doubt whether, intellectually, he was of great superiority; but the public—the community—never doubted of the transcendent eminence of Washington's abilities. From the first moment of his appearance as the chief, the recognition of him, from one end of the country to the other, as THE MAN—the leader, the counsellor, the infallible in suggestion and in conduct—was immediate and ...

— The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 • Various

... purposes of benefit or advantage to both as precious, and in all probability far more extensive, than if the parties were still constituent parts of one and the same nation. Treaties between such States, regulating the intercourse of peace between them and adjusting interests of such transcendent importance to both, which have been found in a long experience of years mutually advantageous, should not be lightly cancelled or discontinued. Two conventions for continuing in force those above mentioned have been concluded between the plenipotentiaries ...

— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... thin, was carefully painted, but not so successfully as to hide the many wrinkles traced there by her sixty-five years. Her few blackened teeth and her false red hair seemed to be mocked by the transcendent lustre of the rich pearl pendants in her ears. Her thin lips, hooked nose, and small black eyes betokened suppressed anger as she glared upon her admiring visitor; but, far from being alarmed by the Queen's expression, Rebecca was only divided between her admiration of ...

— The Panchronicon • Harold Steele Mackaye

... if that alone may be, O friend! and bring with thee Thy calm assurance of transcendent Spheres And ...

— The Complete Works of Whittier - The Standard Library Edition with a linked Index • John Greenleaf Whittier

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