Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Highest.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Highest.
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- adjective obsolete
highest
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Examples
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Allah Almighty prolong thy days and honour thy dominion and exalt thy degree to the highmost height!
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Nevertheless he who hath wings hath no repose at most seasons, for that the good he getteth is not a fourth part of what ill betideth him, and the highmost aims of the creature are repose and ease of life.
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Throne you on highmost stead, heart, ears and sight
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Throne you on highmost stead, heart, ears and sight, viii.
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Why then dost thou exalt them to this highmost pitch of importance that they imagine them it was they gave thee this kingship and advanced thee to this rank and that it is they who confer favours on thee, albeit they have no power to do thee the least damage?
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When Nur al-Din foregathered with his mother and father, they were gladdened in each other with the utmost gladness and care and affliction ceased from them, whilst his parents joyed no less in the Princess Miriam and honoured her with the highmost honour.
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When the Wazir had ended his poetry, King Zahr Shah bade him draw near and honoured him with the highmost honours; then, seating him by his own side, smiled in his face and favoured him with a gracious reply.
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God-guarded, commending Nur al-Din and his wife and parents to their care and charging them honour them with the highmost honour.
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Therefore what of righteous we compass is from Allah Almighty, and what of wrongous from ourselves135 His creatures, not from the Creator, exalted be He herefor with highmost exaltation! —
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My phemous themis race is run, so let Demoncracy take the highmost!
Finnegans Wake 2006
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