utmost

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UT'MOST, adjective 1. Extreme; being at the furthest point or extremity; as the utmost limit of North America; the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge. 2. Being in the greatest or highest degree; as the utmost assiduity; the utmost harmony; the utmost misery or happiness; the utmost peril. UT'MOST, noun The most that can be; the greatest power, degree or effort. He has done his utmost Try your utmost I will be free even to the utmost as I please in words.
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