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单词 to the uttermost
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to the uttermost
4. to the uttermost, = utmost n. 4. Now rare or Obsolete.
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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.
(b)1489 Rolls of Parl. VI. 424 True and faithfull service to the uttermost of his power.a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) v. f. 227v To the vttermost of my skill.1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie ii. 97 That..we defend, to the vttermost of that habilitie which he hath giuen.1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. ⁋3 To haue care of Religion,..yea to promote it to the vttermost of their power.1638 in Hamilton Papers (1880) 32 The Couenanters haue..labored to the uttermost of ther pouer to procure the rescinding.1690–1700 Order of Hospitalls sig. Eivv To the best and uttermost of your wits and powers.1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 202 The Natives..will generally be..kind also to the uttermost of their Power.
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