Hypertext Webster Gateway: "highest"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

High \High\, a. [Compar. {Higher}; superl. {Highest}.] [OE.
high, hegh, hey, heh, AS. he['a]h, h?h; akin to OS. h?h,
OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog, OHG. h?h, G. hoch, Icel. h?r, Sw.
h["o]g, Dan. h["o]i, Goth. hauhs, and to Icel. haugr mound,
G. h["u]gel hill, Lith. kaukaras.]
1. Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a
line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or
extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as,
a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high.

2. Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished;
remarkable; conspicuous; superior; -- used indefinitely or
relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are
understood from the connection; as
(a) Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or
intellectual; pre["e]minent; honorable; as, high aims,
or motives. ``The highest faculty of the soul.''
--Baxter.
(b) Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or
in rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified;
as, she was welcomed in the highest circles.

He was a wight of high renown. --Shak.
(c) Of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family.
(d) Of great strength, force, importance, and the like;
strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes,
triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high
wind; high passions. ``With rather a high manner.''
--Thackeray.

Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
--Ps. lxxxix.
13.

Can heavenly minds such high resentment show?
--Dryden.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

highest
adj 1: approaching or constituting a maximum; "maximal
temperature"; "maximum speed"; "working at peak
efficiency" [syn: {peak(a)}]
2: highest and most significant; "his highest achievement"


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