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transcendent | transcended |

As an adjective transcendent

is surpassing usual limits.

As a noun transcendent

is that which surpasses or is supereminent; something excellent.

As a verb transcended is

(transcend).

transcendent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • surpassing usual limits
  • beyond the range of usual perception
  • free from constraints of the material world

    • Related terms

    * transcendence * transcendency * transcendental * transcendently

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which surpasses or is supereminent; something excellent.
    • ----

    transcended

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (transcend)

    • transcend

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to pass beyond the limits of something.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • such popes as shall transcend their limits
  • to surpass, as in intensity or power; to excel.
  • * Dryden
    • How much her worth transcended all her kind.
  • (obsolete) To climb; to mount.
    • lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds
    (Howell)

    Derived terms

    * transcendence * transcendency * transcendent * transcendental * transcendentalism * transcendentalist * transcendentally * transcending

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