Word Meanings - UTTEREST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Uttermost. To the utterest proof of her courage. Chaucer.

Related words: (words related to UTTEREST)

• PROOF-PROOF
  Proof against proofs; obstinate in the wrong. "That might have shown to any one who was not proof-proof." Whateley.
• COURAGEOUSLY
  In a courageous manner.
• UTTERMOST
  Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree; as, the uttermost extent or end. "In this uttermost distress." Milton.
• COURAGE
  OF. corage, F. courage, fr. a LL. derivative of L. cor heart. See 1. The heart; spirit; temper; disposition. So priketh hem nature in here corages. Chaucer. My lord, cheer up your spirits; our foes are nigh, and this soft courage makes
• PROOF
  A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; -- called also proof sheet. (more info) 1. Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
• PROOF-ARM
  To arm with proof armor; to arm securely; as, to proof-arm herself. Beau. & Fl.
• COURAGEOUS
  Possessing, or characterized by, courage; brave; bold. With this victory, the women became most courageous and proud, and the men waxed . . . fearful and desperate. Stow. Syn. -- Gallant; brave; bold; daring; valiant; valorous; heroic; intrepid;
• COURAGEOUSNESS
  The quality of being courageous; courage.
• PROOFLESS
  Wanting sufficient evidence to induce belief; not proved. Boyle. -- Proof"less*ly, adv.
• UTTEREST
  Uttermost. To the utterest proof of her courage. Chaucer.
• SELF-REPROOF
  The act of reproving one's self; censure of one's conduct by one's own judgment.
• ACCOURAGE
  To encourage.
• HIGH-PROOF
  1. Highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, high-proof spirits. 2. So as to stand any test. "We are high-proof melancholy." Shak.
• PLOT-PROOF
  Secure against harm by plots. Shak.
• ENCOURAGER
  One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.
• DISPROOF
  A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement. I need not offer anything farther in support of one, or in disproof of the other. Rogers.
• DISCOURAGEMENT
  1. The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection. 2. That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent;
• BULLET-PROOF
  Capable of resisting the force of a bullet. Bullet tree. See Bully tree. -- Bullet wood, the wood of the bullet tree.
• STARPROOF
  Impervious to the light of the stars; as, a starproof elm. Milton.
• WATERPROOF
  Proof against penetration or permeation by water; impervious to water; as, a waterproof garment; a waterproof roof.
• BOMBPROOF
  Secure against the explosive force of bombs. -- n.
• WEATHERPROOF
  Proof against rough weather.
• SHELLPROOF
  Capable of resisting bombs or other shells; bombproof.
• SCOURAGE
  Refuse water after scouring.
• BEAD PROOF
  1. Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it; now ascertained by more accurate meters. 2. A degree of
• ENCOURAGEMENT
  1. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity. All generous encouragement of arts. Otway. 2. That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward,