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High; lofty; towering; prominent. "A very eminent promontory." Evelyn

In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently learned.

Eminent above others; prominent among those who are eminent; superior in excellence; surpassing, or taking precedence of, others; rarely, surpassing others in evil, or in bad qualities; as, preëminent in guilt. In goodness and in power preëminent. Milton.

In a preëminent degree.

Eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence; as, a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of Christ. -- Su`per*em"i*nent*ly, adv.

son (1624). This is the only thing distinct and sensible, that has been advocated. Burke. Eminent orators were engaged to advocate his cause. Mitford.

Having a tendency to gather together, or to make collections. Taylor is eminently discursive, accumulative, and (to use one of his own words) agglomerative. Coleridge.

of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero.

, found in or upon, or frequenting, woods or trees; as, arboreal animals. Woodpeckers are eminently arboreal. Darwin.

Chief; eminent; greatest; principal. The most arch act of piteous massacre. Shak.

Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency. A distemper eminently armed from heaven. De Foe.

ave shot . . . fifty brace of pheasants. Addison. A brace of brethren, both bishops, both eminent for learning and religion, now appeared in the church. Fuller. But you, my brace of lords. Shak.

A temporary structure sometimes used in the funeral solemnities of eminent persons, for the public exhibition of the remains, or their conveyance to the place of burial.

Principal or most eminent in any quality or action; most distinguished; having most influence; taking the lead; most important; as, the chief topic of conversation; the chief interest of man.

In a preferable or excellent manner; excellently; eminently. "Choicely good." Walton.

Joseph Hall (1574 -- 1656), Bishop of Norwich, a divine eminent as a moralist.

discourse, and a direct tendency of all the parts of it to the argument in hand, are most eminently to be found in him. Locke.

To doom to be taken for public use, under the right of eminent domain.

itions. He [Chesterfield] had recently governed Ireland, at a momentous conjuncture, with eminent firmness, wisdom, and humanity. Macaulay.

Obvious to the mental eye; easily recognized; clearly defined; notable; prominent; eminent; distinguished; as, a conspicuous exellence, or fault. A man who holds a conspicuous place in the political, eccesiastical, and literary history of England. Macaulay.