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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.