Category:Transcendent

Tran*scend"ent, a. Etym: [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.)

Defn: transcending, or reaching beyond, the limits of human Knowledge; -- applied to affirmations and speculations concerning What lies beyond the reach of the human intellect.

Transcendent Tran*scend"ent, n.

Defn: that which surpasses or is supereminent; that which is very Excellent.