Ut"most` (?), a. [OE. utmeste, utemest, AS. temest, a superlative fr. te out. . See Out, and cf. Aftermost, Outmost, Uttermost.]
1.
Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge.
Spenser.
We coasted within two leagues of Antibes, which is the utmost town in France.
Evelyn.
Betwixt two thieves I spend my utmost breath.
Herbert.
2.
Being in the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number, or the like; greatest; as, the utmost assiduity; the utmost harmony; the utmost misery or happiness.
He shall answer . . . to his utmost peril.
Shak.
Six or seven thousand is their utmost power.
Shak.
© Webster 1913.
Ut"most`, n.
The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power, degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your utmost.
We have tried the utmost of our friends.
Shak.
© Webster 1913.