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Webster 1913 Edition
acme
ac′me
(ăk′mē̍)
, Noun.
[Gr.
ἀκμή
point, top.] 1.
The top or highest point; the culmination.
The very
acme
and pitch of life for epic poetry. Pope.
The moment when a certain power reaches the
acme
of its supremacy. I. Taylor.
2.
(Med.)
The crisis or height of a disease.
AS
3.
Mature age; full bloom of life.
B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Acme
AC'ME
,Noun.
The top or highest point. It is used to denote the maturity or perfection of an animal. Among physicians, the crisis of a disease, or its utmost violence. Old medical writers divided the progress of a disease into four periods, the arche, or beginning, the anabasis, or increase, the acme or utmost violence, and the paracme, or decline. But acme can hardly be considered as a legitimate English word.
Definition 2024
Acme
Acme
English
Proper noun
Acme
- A village in Alberta, Canada.
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acme
acme
English
Noun
acme (plural acmes)
- The top or highest point; pinnacle; culmination. [c. 1610]
- (Can we date this quote?), Alexander Pope
- The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry.
- (Can we date this quote?), I. Taylor
- The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of its supremacy.
- (Can we date this quote?), Alexander Pope
- (medicine) The crisis or height of a disease.
- Mature age; full bloom of life.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:apex
Translations
the highest point
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full bloom