transcendent 
ti-iixi'riiilfiite = Pg. tnmxri iiilrnte s= It. traxi-i-n- 
ppr. of trimxi'i'iiili-ri; sin-puss, tninsi'rml : see 
transcend.] I. . 1. Surpassing; excelling; 
superior or su|>n-mc; cxtriionliiiary : a.s, Criui- 
itcendent worth. 
Clothed with tratucendent brightness. 
MiUon,y. L., 1.86. 
The Lords accused the Commons for their traiucrrulaiU 
misbehaviour. Evelyn, Diary, J une 2, 1875. 
2. Iii xrltii/iiKtic /iliilna.. not included under one 
of the ten categories ; higher than the cate- 
gories. 3. In Kantian jiliilus., transcending 
experience ; unrealizable in experience ; not an 
object of possible experience-. 
For any question or theorem which might pass beyond 
possible experience Kant reserved the term traiucciuleitt. 
Adamsoti, Flchto, p. 112. 
4. Transcending the universe of matter; not 
essentially connected with the universe; not 
cosmic : as, a transcendent deity Transcendent 
Judgment, unlvocation, etc. See the nouns. = Syn. 1. 
Prciimlnent, surpassing, siipereminent, unequaled, unpar- 
alleled, unrivaled, peerless. 
II. H. 1. That which surpasses or excels; 
anything greatly superior or supereminent. 
This power of remission is a transcendant, passing 
through all the parts of the priestly offices. 
Jar. Taylor, Works (ed. 1836), II. 260. 
2. In metaph.: (a) A reality above the cate- 
gories or predicaments. The transcendents were 
said to be six: Ens, Res (thing), Aliquid (something), 
Unum (one), Verum (true), Bonum (good); or five, Ens be- 
ing omitted, (ft) That which is altogether beyond 
the bounds of human cognition and thought. 
Compare I., 3. 3. In math., a transcendental 
expression or function. 
transcendental (tran-sen-den'tal), a. and . 
[= F. transcendantal = Sp. transcendental, tra- 
ucendental = Pg. transcendental = It. tragcen- 
dcntale = Ot. transscendental; as transcendent + 
-al.] I. a. 1. Same as transcendent, 1. 
Though the Deity perceiveth not pleasure nor pain as 
we do, yet he must have a perfect and transcendental 
perception of these and of all other things. 
N. drew, Cosmologla Sacra. 
2. In philog.: (a) In Aristotelian philosophy, 
extending beyond the bounds of a single cate- 
gory. The doctrine implied is that every strictly univ- 
ocal predicate is contained under oue of the ten predica- 
ments; but there are certain predicates, as being {ens), 
one, true, good, which are univocal in a modified but 
not very clearly defined sense, which extend over all the 
predicaments or categories. (6) In Cartesian phi- 
losophy, predicable both of body and of spirit. 
Ctouberg. (c) Pertaining to the existence in 
experience of a priori elements ; a priori. This 
is chiefly a Kantian term, but was also used 
by Dugald Stewart. See Kantianism, category, 
a priori. 
Transcendental and transcendent do not mean the same 
thing. The principles of the pure understanding, which 
we explained before, are meant to be only of empirical, 
and not of transcendental application, that is, they cannot 
transcend the limits of experience. A principle, on the 
contrary, which removes those landmarks, nay, InsisU on 
our transcending them, is called transcendent. 
Kant. Critique of Pure Reason (tr. by Miiller), II. 256. 
The belief which all men entertain of the existence of 
the material world (I mean thtir belief of its existence in- 
dependently of that of percipient beingsX and their expec- 
tation of the continued uniformity of the laws of nature, 
belong to the same class of ultimate or elemental laws of 
thought with those which have been just mentioned. The 
truths which form their objects are of an order so radically 
different from what are commonly called truths, in the 
popular acceptation of that word, that it might perhaps 
be useful for logicians to distinguish them by some appro- 
priate appellation, such, for example, as that of meta- 
physical or transcendental truths. They are not principles 
or data . . . from which any consequence can be deduced, 
but form a part of those original stamina of human reason, 
which are equally essential to all the pursuits of science, 
and to all the active concerns of life. 
D. Stewart, Collected Works (ed. Hamilton), III. 44. 
(d) In Schellingistic philosophy, explaining 
matter and all that is objective as a product 
of subjective mind. 3. Abstrusely specula- 
tive ; beyond the reach of ordinary, every-day, 
or common thought and experience; hence, 
vague; obscure; fantastic; extravagant. 
The soul, as recognized in the philosophy of the lower 
races, may be defined as an ethereal surviving being, con- 
ceptions of which preceded and led up to the more tran- 
scendental theory of the immaterial and immortal soul, 
which forms part of the theology of the higher nations. 
E. B. Tylor, Prim. Culture, II. 21. 
4. Not capable of being produced by the alge- 
braical operations of addition, multiplication, 
involution, and their inverse operations. The 
commonest transcendental functions are e*, 
logs, sinx, etc Pure transcendental synthesis of 
reproduction. See reproduction. Transcendental 
amphiboly. See amphiboly. Transcendental ana- 
lytic, that part of transcendental logic which treats of 
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the elements of pun: inU-lli-rtual cognition and the prln- 
ipli--* uitliuut which giMiri-ally no ol>j,-cl ran l- thought ; 
tin- <!>< oniJ>->-itl"h "1 nur roll.-rtivr i-oL'nitioti :t pi iori 
Into tin- rl'-ni.-iit* of pun- inii-iii-ctiul ro^nition. Tran- 
scendental anatomy, see niir<>iv. Transcenden- 
tal apperception, the original im.in iiii- - n eon 
ness, In uhii-li . \<-ry thought i- hioiight to logical unity. 
Transcendental cognition. Same as fcwMMidm. 
tal knowledge. Transcendental critic, the doctrine of 
the correctness of human cognition, showing how far it 
Is to be trusted, and u hat -I. menu are subjective, what 
objective. Transcendental curve. Sec curve. Tran- 
scendental deduction, the explanation of the way in 
which concepts a priori can refer to objects. Transcen- 
dental dialectic, the destructive part of transcenden- 
tal logic, showing how the speculative reason falls into 
fallacies, owing to the nature of the mind. Transcen- 
dental equation. See equation. Transcendental es- 
thetic, the Kantian doctrine of the forms of pure sensi- 
bility, space, and time. Transcendental exposition, 
the definition of a concept as a principle from whit h the 
possibility of other synthetical cognitions a priori can be 
understood. Transcendental function, geometry, 
Idealism. See the nouns. Transcendental Ideality, 
the mode of existence of space and time according to 
the Kantian theory that they are real In the sense of 
truly belonging to real phenomenal object*, but unreal 
In so far as they are elements imported by the mind. 
Transcendental Imagination, the reproductive syn- 
thesis which takes place In all perception Transcen- 
dental knowledge, (a) As used by Kant, knowledge 
concerning our a priori concepts of objects. (6) Know- 
ledge a priori. Sir W. Hamilton. Transcendental lo- 
cus, a locus which In the ordinary system of coordinates 
is represented by a transcendental equation. Transcen- 
dental logic, the critic of thought; the theory of the 
origin of our knowledge In those elements of conception 
which cannot be attributed to sense. Transcendental 
Object, the unknown real object, according to the Kan- 
tian theory. See universal. Transcendental paral- 
ogism. See paralogism Transcendental perfection, 
that perfection which consists in the presence of all that 
is necessary to the essence of the thing to which It be- 
longs. Transcendental philosophy. See philosophy. 
Transcendental place, the fact that a concept be- 
longs either to sensibility on the one hand, or to the pure 
understanding on the other ; the determination of an ob- 
ject either to be a phenomenon or to be a thing in Itself. 
Transcendental quantity, (at) The degree with 
which a quality Is possessed. 
There Is also another quantity improperly so call'd, 
which consists not In the extension of parts, but in the 
perfection and vertue of every thing. Hence uses it to be 
call'd the quantity of perfection and quantity of vertue. 
For the essential perfections of things and vertues are com- 
pos'd of divers degrees, as the quantity of a heap or mole 
of several parts. This, because diffus'd almost through 
all the categories, uses to be call'd a transcendental quan- 
tity. Burt/ersdicius, tr. by a Gentleman (1697), 1. v. 2. 
(b) The value of a transcendental function. Transcen- 
dental reality. Same as abnolute reality (which see, un- 
der absolute). Transcendental reflection, the faculty 
by which, according to Kant, we are immediately aware 
of the faculty which has furnished a concept, whether 
sense or understanding. See reflection. Transcenden- 
tal relation, schema, surface, etc. See the nouns 
Transcendental synthesis, a synthesis performed by 
the mind which occurs without reference to the nature 
of the intuitions, but refers merely to their spatial or 
temporal form. Transcendental topic, the doctrine 
of transcendental places. Transcendental truth, (a) 
The conformity of an object to the logical principle of con- 
sistency. (6) A first principle. Transcendental unity, 
a unity brought about by the mind's action in cognition. 
H. n. A transcendent conception, such as 
thing, something, one, true, good, 
transcendentalism (tran-sen-den'tal-izm), n. 
[< transcendental + -ism.] 1. The character 
of being transcendental. Specifically 2. In 
philos., in general, the doctrine that the prin- 
ciples of reality are to be discovered by the 
study of the processes of thought, (a) Originally, 
the critical philosophy of Kant (h) Usually, the prin- 
ciples of F. \V. J. von Schelling. Especially applied in 
this sense to the teachings of Hedge, Emerson, and other 
American followers of Schelling. 
transcendentalist(tran-sen-den'tal-ist), n. [< 
transcendental + -int.] An adherent of some 
form of transcendentalism; especially, an 
American follower of Schelling. 
transcendentality (tran'sen-den-tal'i-ti), n. [< 
transcendental + -iti/.] The character of being 
transcendental, [ftare.] 
transcendentalize (tran-sen-den'tal-iz), v. t. 
To render transcendental; interpret from a 
transcendental point of view. 
transcendentally (tran-seu-den'tal-i), adv. In 
a transcendental manner ; from a transcenden- 
tal point of view ; a priori. 
transcendently (tran-sen'dent-li), adv. In a 
transcendent mariner; surpassingly; extraor- 
dinarily. 
The law of Christianity is eminently and trantcmdently 
called the word of truth. South, Sermons. 
transcendentness (tran-sen'dent-nes), n. Tran- 
scendence. 
transcendible (tran-sen'di-bl), o. [< tran- 
scend + -ible.] Capable of being climbed or 
passed over. 
It appears that Romulus slew his brother because he 
attempted to leap over a sacred and inaccessible place, 
and to render it transcendiblt and profane. 
Translation of Plutarch' I Morals, ii. 364. (LaUia in. ) 
transcriptive 
transcensiont (traii-M-n'siiom, . [< L. as if 
'/i-'lii-n ii.-iin H-), < /mi'-: i n'li fi , m-|i;i". tnili- 
sceml : > iMHMMdL] A passing over or ln-- 
vond. 
Many a shady hill. 
And many an echoing valley, many a field 
Pleasant and wishful, did his passage yield 
Their safe traiUKtiisitm. 
Chapman, tr. of Homer's Hymn to Hermes. 
transcolate (trans'kn-lut), r. t. ; pret. and pp. 
i-nliitiil, ppr. triiiisi-iiliitinii. [< L. trim.'. 
through, + colare, pp. cola tun, lilicr. strain: see 
colander.'] To strain ; cause to pass through, or 
as through, a sieve or colander; filter; perco- 
late. [Kare.] 
The lungs are, unless pervious like a spunge, unfit to 
Imbibe and traiutcotate the air. llarrry. 
transcolation (trans-ko-la'shon), n. [< trami- 
,;,/,:/, + -,,,,:.} The act of transcolating, or 
the state of being transcolated ; percolation. 
[Knre.] 
Mere transcolation may by degrees take away that which 
the rhymlhU call the fined salt; and for the volatile salt 
of It, which being a more spirituous thing, It IB not remov- 
able by distillation, and so neither can it be by transcola- 
> ii'ii. StiUinyJleet, Origlnes Sacra, 111. 4. (Latham.) 
transcontinental (trans-kon-ti-nen'tal), a. [< 
trans- + continent + -al.] Across the continent ; 
on the other side of a continent : as, a transcon- 
tinental journey; transcontinental railways. 
transcorporatet ( trans -k6r'po- rat), p. i. [< 
ML. transcorporatus, pp. of "tranxcorporare, 
pass from one body into another, < L. trim*, 
over, + corpus (corpor-), body: see corporate, 
p.] To pass from one body to another ; trans- 
migrate, as the soul. Sir T. Browne, Urn-bur- 
ial, iv. 
transcribbler (tran-skrib'ler), n. [< tram- + 
scribble + -er 1 .] One who transcribes hastily 
or carelessly ; hence, a mere copier; a plagiary. 
[Contemptuous.] 
He (Aristotle) has suffered vastly from the transcribblert, 
as all authors of great brevity necessarily must. 
Gray, To T. W barton, Sept. 11, 1746. 
transcribe (tran-skrib'), v. t.; pret. and pp. 
transcribed, ppr. transcribing. [= F. transcrire 
= Pr. tranxcriure = 8p. transcriber = Pg. tran- 
screver = It. transcritere, traxcrinere, < L. tran- 
scribcre, transKcribere, write again in another 
place, transcribe, copy, < trans, over, + scribere, 
write: see scribe.] 1. To copy out in writing : 
as, to transcribe the text of a document ; to tran- 
scribe a letter. 
They work dally and hard at the Catalogue, which they 
Intend to Print ; I saw 10 thick Folios of it fairly trail- 
tcrib'd for the Press. Lister, Journey to Paris, p. 107. 
2. In music, to arrange (a composition) for 
performance by a different voice or instrument 
from that for which it was originally written, 
transcriber (tran-skri'Wr), n. [< transcribe -t- 
-<rl.] One who transcribes; a copier or copy- 
ist. 
I pray you desire your servants, or whoever else are the 
traiucribersot my liookes, to keepe them from blotting and 
soyling. W. Dugdale ( Kllia's LIU Letters, p. 175). 
transcript (tran'skript), n. [= F. transcrit = 
It. transcritto, trascritto, < ML. traimcrijitum, a 
copy, neut. of L. transcriptus, pp. of tranncri- 
bere, copy, transcribe: see transcribe.] 1. A 
writing made from and according to an origi- 
nal ; a copy. 
The decalogue of Moses was but a transcript, not an 
original. South, Sermons. 
2. A copy of any kind ; an imitation. 
The Grecian learning was but a transcript of the Chal- 
dean and Egyptian ; and the Roman of the Grecian. 
Glanrille. 
transcription ( tran-skrip'shon), n. [< F. tran- 
scription = Sp. transcripcion, trascripcion = It. 
trascrizione, ( LL. transcriptio(n-), a transcrip- 
tion, transfer, < L. transcriber, pp. transcriplu*, 
transcribe : see transcribe.] 1 . The act of tran- 
scribing or copying: as, errors of transcription. 
[This] was by transcription successively corrupted, until 
it arrived in a most depraved copy at the press. 
Sir T. Brou-ne, Religio Medici, Pref. 
2. A copy; a transcript. 3. In music, the ar- 
rangement (usually with more or less modifi- 
cation or variation) of a composition for some 
instrument or voice other than that for which 
it was originally composed. Also called scoring. 
transcriptional (tran-skrip'shon-al), a. [< 
truiixcriiitinii + -al.] Of or pertaining to tran- 
scription : as, tranncriptional errors. 
transcriptive (tran-skrip'tiv), a. [< L. tran- 
xi'i'i/itux, pp. of transcribere, transcribe, + -trel.] 
Concerned with, occurring in, or performing 
transcription ; having the character of a tran- 
script or copy. 
