| 单词 | to the outmost |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto (also unto) the outmost 1. Chiefly Scottish. The utmost point, degree, or limit; the maximum or greatest amount possible. Frequently in to (also unto) the outmost and to do one's outmost. Cf. utmost n. 2, 4. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [noun] > quality or fact of being extreme > highest, utmost, or extreme degree heightOE perfectiona1398 utterestc1410 uttermosta1425 tiptoec1440 pinnaclec1450 utmost1472 outmostc1535 extremity1543 abyss1548 top1552 furthest, utmost stretch1558 summa summarum1567 superlative1573 strain1576 extreme1595 fine1596 last1602 yondmost1608 super-superlative1623 pitch1624 utmostness1674 pink1720 supreme1817 ultima Thule1828 peak1902 c1535 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1905) III. Prol. to Rom. 344 Vnto the outmaist. 1592 Arden of Feversham sig. E3 I did performe the outmost of my task. 1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 506 After you have striven to the outmost. 1685 Sc. Proclam. 28 Apr. in London Gaz. No. 2032/3 They..shall be punished with the outmost of severity. 1692 W. Hope Compl. Fencing-master (ed. 2) 83 To the outmost of my power. 1709 in W. Fraser Earls of Cromartie (1876) II. 170 They have some friends on the beach that will do theire outmost to catch a proper opportunitie. 1861 W. McHutchinson Poems (1877) 96 I did till my outmaist the best way I could. a1886 D. Grant Sc. Stories (1888) 125 A richt guid intention to dae my ootmost to mak'..a thrifty an' helpfu' gudewife. 1983 A. Gray Unlikely Stories, Mostly (1984) 160 Leaving nothing undone that..might tend to the benefit of the labourer in applying most industriously the outmost of their vertue to all the emoluments of country farms or manual trades. < as lemmas |
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