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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.
Ac'my [Gr.]
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

See also: acme, ACME, and acmé

English

Proper noun

Acme

  1. A village in Alberta, Canada.
  2. A ghost town in Oklahoma.
  3. A ghost town in Texas.
  4. A census-designated place in Washington.

acme

acme

See also: ACME, Acme, and acmé

English

Noun

acme (plural acmes)

  1. 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.
  2. (medicine) The crisis or height of a disease.
  3. Mature age; full bloom of life.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)

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  • See also Wikisaurus:apex

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Italian

Noun

acme f (invariable)

  1. acme

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