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A final proposition, concession, or condition; especially, the final propositions, conditions, or terms, offered by either of the parties in a diplomatic negotiation; the most favorable terms a negotiator can offer, the rejection of which usually
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A final proposition, concession, or condition; especially, the final propositions, conditions, or terms, offered by either of the parties in a diplomatic negotiation; the most favorable terms a negotiator can offer, the rejection of which usually puts an end to the hesitation.
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- ZENITHAL
Of or pertaining to the zenith. "The deep zenithal blue." Tyndall. - ZENITH
cenit, abbrev. fr. Ar. samt-urras way of the head, vertical place; 1. That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; -- opposed to nadir. From morn To noon he fell, - ULTIMATUM
A final proposition, concession, or condition; especially, the final propositions, conditions, or terms, offered by either of the parties in a diplomatic negotiation; the most favorable terms a negotiator can offer, the rejection of which usually - CLIMAX
A figure of which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each sicceeding one rise "Tribulation worketh patience, patience experience, and experience hope" -- a happy climax. J. D. Forbes. 3. The highest point; the greatest degree. - COMPLETION
1. The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education, a service. The completion of some repairs. Prescott. 2. State of being complete; fulfillment; accomplishment; realization. - CONSUMMATION
The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; completed; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of the world or of life). "Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. Shak. From its original to its consummation. Addison. Quiet - UTMOST
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. - MAXIMUM
The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to Ant: minimum. Good legislation is the - CULMINATION
1. The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit. 2. Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc. - NONCOMPLETION
Lack of completion; failure to complete. - OUTMOST
Farthest from the middle or interior; farthest outward; outermost. - INCOMPLETION
Want of completion; incompleteness. Smart. - ANTICLIMAX
A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect. Example: Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war, Lieutenant-colonel to the Earl ANTICLINAL