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, utmost]
    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,
       utmost, uttermost]
    n 1: the greatest possible degree; "he tried his utmost" [syn:
         utmost, uttermost, maximum, level best]

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.
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         We have tried the utmost of our friends. --Shak.
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Utmost \Ut"most`\, a. [OE. utmeste, utemest, AS. ?temest, a
   superlative fr. ?te out. ????. See Out, and cf.
   Aftermost, Outmost, Uttermost.]
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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.
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            We coasted within two leagues of Antibes, which is
            the utmost town in France.            --Evelyn.
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            Betwixt two thieves I spend my utmost breath.
                                                  --Herbert.
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   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.
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            He shall answer . . . to his utmost peril. --Shak.
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            Six or seven thousand is their utmost power. --Shak.
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