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Best
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(a.) Most; largest; as, the best part of a week.
(2):
(a.) Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities.
(3):
(a.) Most advanced; most correct or complete; as, the best scholar; the best view of a subject.
(4):
(v. t.) To get the better of.
(5):
(n.) Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing, or being, or action; as, to do one's best; to the best of our ability.
(6):
(superl.) In the highest degree; beyond all others.
(7):
(superl.) To the most advantage; with the most success, case, profit, benefit, or propriety.
(8):
(superl.) Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Best'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/best.html. 1828.
