Hypertext Webster Gateway: "utmost"

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

Utmost \Ut"most`\, n.
The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power,
degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your
utmost.

We have tried the utmost of our friends. --Shak.

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

Utmost \Ut"most`\, a. [OE. utmeste, utemest, AS. ?temest, a
superlative fr. ?te out. ????. See {Out}, and cf.
{Aftermost}, {Outmost}, {Uttermost}.]
1. Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out;
most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land;
the utmost extent of human knowledge. --Spenser.

We coasted within two leagues of Antibes, which is
the utmost town in France. --Evelyn.

Betwixt two thieves I spend my utmost breath.
--Herbert.

2. Being in the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number,
or the like; greatest; as, the utmost assiduity; the
utmost harmony; the utmost misery or happiness.

He shall answer . . . to his utmost peril. --Shak.

Six or seven thousand is their utmost power. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

utmost
adj 1: of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity;
"extreme cold"; "extreme caution"; "extreme pleasure";
"utmost contempt"; "to the utmost degree"; "in the
uttermost distress" [syn: {extreme}, {utmost(a)}, {uttermost(a)}]
2: highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human
endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last
degree or a lesser one was...to be determined
individually" [syn: {last}]
3: comparatives of "far"; most remote in space or time or
order; "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't go
beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored
the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the
peninsula" [syn: {farthermost}, {farthest}, {furthermost},
{furthest}, {uttermost}]
n : the greatest possible degree; "he tried his utmost" [syn: {uttermost},
{maximum}, {level best}]


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