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A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets.

To love in the highest degree; to regard with the utmost esteem and affection; to idolize. The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and adored Montouth. Macaulay.

good reputation is, and how swift and advantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one goes. Chesterfield.

A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc. Nor breath of vernal air from snowy alp. Milton. Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise. Pope.

Height of degree; highest point or degree. He is [proud] even to the altitude of his virtue. Shak.

Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor.

A minister of the highest rank sent a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country.

Resembling, or consisting of, an ament or aments; as, the chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence.

so named from a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest; -- called also breast pang, spasm of the chest.

d from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, antimonic acid.

ose compounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, antimonious acid.

That point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller star is farthest from its primary.

Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.

The diplomatic agent of the pope highest in grade, superior to a nuncio.

the plural. [Obs.] An expense proportioned to his appointments and fortune is necessary. Chesterfield.

The highest judicial court at Athens. Its sessions were held on Mars' Hill. Hence, any high court or tribunal

A chest, or coffer. [Obs.] Bearing that precious relic in an ark. Spenser.

o adapted; a transcription; as, a pianoforte arrangement of Beethoven's symphonies; an orchestral arrangement of a song, an opera, or the like.

elf an undue degree of importance; assuming; haughty; -- applied to persons. Arrogant Winchester, that haughty prelate. Shak.

ved from, arsenic; -- said of those compounds of arsenic in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, arsenic acid.