Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Uppermost.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Uppermost; outermost.
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- adjective obsolete
uppermost ;outermost
Etymologies
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Examples
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After that Manasses her husband died, anon she went into the overest part of her house in which she made a privy bed, which she and her servants closed, and having on her body a hair, had fasted all the days of her life save
The Golden Legend, vol. 2 1230-1298 1900
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It is said in the History Scholastic that David the king, willing to increase and make more the service of God, instituted twenty-four bishops or high priests, of whom one was overest and greatest, and was named prince of the priests, and he ordained that each priest should serve a week.
The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900
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And this pinnacle after long time fell, and remained in the overest part of the temple.
The Golden Legend, vol. 6 1230-1298 1900
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And this is signified in Tobit, where Raphael bound the devil in the overest desert.
The Golden Legend, vol. 5 1230-1298 1900
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