单词 | to the uttermost |
释义 | > as lemmasto the uttermost 4. to the uttermost, = utmost n. 4. Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [phrase] > thoroughly or to the utmost to the uttermostc1400 to (also unto) (the) outrancec1425 up to the hilt ( hilts)1598 (up) to the handle1824 to the hilt1950 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > in or to the greatest degree never solOE with (also mid) the mostc1275 for the masteryc1325 to the bestc1390 to the uttermostc1400 at the hardest1429 to the utmostc1450 to the skies (also sky)1559 at float1594 all to nothing1606 to the height1609 to the proofa1625 to the last degree1639 to the welkin?1746 (the) worst kind1839 for all it's worth1864 as —— as they make them?a1880 in the highest1897 to the nth (degree, power)1897 up to eleven1987 c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iv. xxix. 61 Ne he ne shalle nought ben of power..for to descryuen to the utter~most, be it good or badde. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur iv. vii. 128 To doo the bataille to the vttermest. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Civ All the appetites of man shalbe replenysshed wt all goodnes, and saciat with glory, to the vttermoste. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 51 The sonne of god..hes sufferit all things to the vttermaist. 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andria iv. i, in Terence in Eng. 69 To labour to the vttermost with might and maine. 1605 London Prodigall iii. ii Her loue will then be tried to the vttermost. 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xlix. 120 The cause that every man forceth himselfe to the vttermost, to doe the labour of two men. 1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere III. iii. i. 493 They..seemed resolved to defend their coast to the uttermost. 1844 E. B. Browning Lost Bower lxxiii The prayer preserves it greenly, to the last and uttermost. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xxvii. 359 Now the Scribes were pressing the advantage which they had gained..to the uttermost. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 139 To withstand the stranger to the uttermost. < as lemmas |
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