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Word Meanings - UTMOST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

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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.

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  • DISTANT
    stand apart, be separate or distant; dis- + stare to stand. See 1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away. One board had two tenons, equally distant. Ex. xxxvi. 22. Diana's temple is not distant far. Shak. 2. Far separated;
  • ULTIMATE
    come to an end, fr. ultimus the farthest, last, superl. from the same 1. Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final. My harbor, and my ultimate repose. Milton. Many actions apt to procure fame are not conductive to this
  • ZENITHAL
    Of or pertaining to the zenith. "The deep zenithal blue." Tyndall.
  • EXTREMELESS
    Having no extremes; infinite.
  • EXTRAVAGANT
    + vagance, , p. pr. of vagari to wander, from vagus wandering, vague. 1. Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign. The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine. Shak. 2. Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained;
  • 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,
  • DISTANTIAL
    Distant. More distantial from the eye. W. Montagu.
  • VIOLENT
    probably akin to Gr. 1. Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease. Float
  • 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
  • FINAL
    1. Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last; terminating; ultimate; as, the final day of a school term. Yet despair not of his final pardon. Milton. 2. Conclusive; decisive; as, a final judgment; the battle of Waterloo brought the contest to a
  • IMMODERATENESS
    The quality of being immoderate; excess; extravagance. Puller.
  • 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.
  • IMMODERATELY
    In an immoderate manner; excessively.
  • REMOTE
    Separated by intervals greater than usual. -- Re*mote"ly, adv. -- Re*mote"ness, n. (more info) 1. Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands. Places remote enough are
  • TERMINALIA
    A festival celebrated annually by the Romans on February 23 in honor of Terminus, the god of boundaries.
  • 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
  • EXTREME
    Extended or contracted as much as possible; -- said of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat forth. Extreme and mean ratio , the relation of a line and its segments when the line is so divided that the whole is to the greater
  • 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.
  • VIOLENTLY
    In a violent manner.
  • ANTEPENULTIMATE
    Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two. -- n.
  • POSTREMOTE
    More remote in subsequent time or order.
  • EQUIDISTANT
    Being at an equal distance from the same point or thing. -- E`qui*dis"tant*ly, adv. Sir T. Browne.
  • PREREMOTE
    More remote in previous time or prior order. In some cases two more links of causation may be introduced; one of them may be termed the preremote cause, the other the postremote effect. E. Darwin.
  • TERREMOTE
    An earthquake. Gower.
  • CONTERMINAL
    Conterminous.
  • NONCOMPLETION
    Lack of completion; failure to complete.

 

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