Uttermost

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Uttermost \Ut"ter*most`\, n.
     The utmost; the highest or greatest degree; the farthest
     extent. --Tennyson.
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           Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost


           that come unto God by him.               --Heb. vii.
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           He cannot have sufficient honor done unto him; but the
           uttermost we can do, we must.            --Hooker.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Uttermost \Ut"ter*most\, a. [From {Utter}, a.; cf. {Utmost}, and
     {Outermost}.]
     Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest
     degree; as, the uttermost extent or end. "In this uttermost
     distress." --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  uttermost
       adj 1: 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" [syn: {extreme}, {utmost(a)}, {uttermost(a)}]
       2: (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" [syn: {farthermost}, {farthest}, {furthermost},
           {furthest}, {utmost}]
       n : the greatest possible degree; "he tried his utmost" [syn: {utmost},
            {maximum}, {level best}]