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Beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase used frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations in excess of their chartered or statutory rights.

A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see Ulterior), having in composition the signification beyond, on the other side, chiefly when joined with words expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations it has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond w…

Situated or being beyond the sea. Burke.

Being beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond the Alps, in respect to the one who speaks.

Being beyond the world, or beyond the limits of our system. Boyle.

Situated beyond or below the red rays; as, the ultrated rays of the spectrum, which are less refrangible than the red.

Situated beyond, or outside of, the tropics; extratropical; also, having an excessively tropical temperature; warmer than the tropics.

tic; as, ultrazodiacal planets, that is, those planets which in part of their orbits go beyond the zodiac.

able. Sir W. Hamilton. The unconditioned (Metaph.), all that which is inconceivable and beyond the realm of reason; whatever is inconceivable under logical forms or relations.

Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.

ceived the sacrament. [Obs.] [Written also unhouselled.] To die like the houseless dog on yonder common, unshriven and unhouseled. Sir W. Scott.

To put beyond protection of law; to outlaw. [Obs.]

Invaluable; being beyond estimation. [Obs.]

seal of; to open, as what is sealed; as, to unseal a letter. Unable to unseal his lips beyond the width of a quarter of an inch. Sir W. Scott.

Invaluable; being beyond price. [Obs.] South.

Common occurrence; ordinary experience. [R.] O Cæsar! these things are beyond all use. Shak.

One who lends money at a rate of interest beyond that established by law; one who exacts an exorbitant rate of interest for the use of money. He was wont to call me usurer. Shak.

ground, or of land between hills; a valley. " Make me a cottage in the vale." Tennyson. Beyond this vale of tears there is a life above. Montgomery. In those fair vales, by nature formed to please. Harte.

In very truth; beyond doubt or question; in fact; certainly. Bacon. Trust in the Lord and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the verily thou shalt be fed. Ps. xxxvii. 3.

elf. Milton. Opinions . . . derived from studying the Scriptures, wherein he was versed beyond any person of his age. Southey. These men were versed in the details of business. Macaulay.