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

Supereminent; surpassing others; as, transcendental being or qualities.

The transcending, or going beyond, empiricism, and ascertaining a priori the fundamental principles of human knowledge.

One who believes in transcendentalism.

The quality or state of being transcendental.

In a transcendental manner.

In a transcendent manner.

Same as Transcendence.

Resplendent in the highest degree. [R.] -- Tran*splen"dent*ly, adv. [R.]

nite branches in the direction and a fourth infinite branch in the opposite direction. Trident bat (Zoöl.), an Asiatic rhinolophid bat (Triænops Persicus), having the nose membrane in the shape of a trident.

Having three teeth; three-toothed. Lee.

Having three prongs; trident; tridentate; as, a tridented mace. [R.] Quarles.

Bearing a trident.

Of or pertaining to Trent, or the general church council held in that city.

Having teeth traversed by canals; -- said of certain edentates.

Inconclusive. [Obs.] Locke. -- Un`con*clud"ing*ness, n. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case; not having the authority of prior example; novel; new; unexampled. -- Un*prec"e*dent*ed*ly, adv.

Improvident. [Obs.] "Who for thyself art so unprovident.' Shak.

Imprudent. [Obs.]

Imprudent. [Obs.] "The most unwise and unprudential act." Milton.