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▪ I. ˈupperest, a. Now rare.
Also 4 uppurest, 4–5 uppereste, 5 -ist; 6 upperst.
[A superlative form on upper a. Cf. MDu. upperst (Du. and Flem. opperst), LG. upperst, üpperst, Sw. and older Da. ypperst, Norw. ypparst, yppast best, choicest.]
Most high in situation, position, or rank; uppermost, highest, loftiest; † outermost.
In modern use rare for uppermost.
13..K. Alis. 7068 (MS. Linc.), Þeose seresys..Vppurest folk buþ of ynde. c1374Chaucer Boeth. i. pr. i. 2 (Camb. MS.), By whiche degrees men myhten clymbyn fro the nethereste lettre to the vppereste. 1387–8T. Usk Test. Love i. x. (Skeat) l. 32 We men, that..holden the upperest degree, under god, of benigne thinges. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 62 b/1 Moyses..made hym upperist bysshop for his fader Aaron. Ibid. 76 b/1 She wente up in the upperist cubicle of the hows. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII, 2 b, His grace ware in his vpperst apparell, a robe of Crimosyn Veluet.
1874M. Collins Frances III. 212 An American of the very upperest five hundred. 1880W. Morris in Mackail Life (1890) II. 15 Above the Round House, on what might be called the upperest Thames.
b. absol. The uppermost or highest point.
1484Caxton Fables of æsop iii. iii, He that..is atte vpperest of the whele of fortune, may wel falle doune.
▪ II. † ˈupperest, adv. Obs. rare.
In 5 up(p)rest.
[f. upper adv.]
In the highest place or position.
1481Cely Papers (Camden) 71, vij packes..lying be afte the maste, j pack lyeth upprest. Ibid. 72 A few broken felles and pesys..lyeth uprest nexte the maste. |