the supreme

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Supreme \Su*preme"\, a. [L. supremus, superlative of superus that is above, upper, fr. super above: cf. F. supr[^e]me. See Super-, and cf. Sum.]

1.Highest in authority; holding the highest place in authority, government, or power. [1913 Webster]

He that is the supreme King of kings.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.Highest; greatest; most excellent or most extreme; utmost; greatist possible (sometimes in a bad sense); as, supreme love; supreme glory; supreme magnanimity; supreme folly. [1913 Webster]

Each would be supreme within its own sphere, and those spheres could not but clash.— De Quincey.[1913 Webster]

3.(Bot.) Situated at the highest part or point. [1913 Webster]

The Supreme, the Almighty; God. [1913 Webster]

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