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English Dictionary: utmost	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
utmost adj 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" Synonym(s): extreme, utmost(a), uttermost(a) 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" Synonym(s): last, utmost (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" Synonym(s): farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermost n the greatest possible degree; "he tried his utmost" [syn: utmost, uttermost, maximum, level best]
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 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.