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Definition of Transcends
1. transcend [v] - See also: transcend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Transcends
Literary usage of Transcends
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"For the beatific vision transcends the natural powers of the intellect; therefore,
to see God the intellect stands in need of some supernatural strength, ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1816)
"... and the remnant of their empire transcends ' ' " the measure of the largest
of the European kingdoms. ^^' ^* The same princes might assert with dignity ..."
3. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1803)
"Here again the circumstance transcends the description', which although raised
beyond the level of the work in general; is very tame and inanimate. ..."
4. Shahmah in Pursuit of Freedom; Or, The Branded Hand by Frances Harriet Green (1858)
"... transcends Ms Prerogative—Arrives In Paris—Letter from Madame—A Letter from
Theodosia—Hopes Revive—Padre arrives in ..."
5. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, Sir W Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1878)
"The whole natural universe is pervaded by the Divine Majesty, and yet can render
only a faint and distant whisper of a Majesty which transcends the utmost ..."
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