Section M, N, and O

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-- Most an end, generally. See
An end, under End, n. [Obs.]
"She sleeps most an end." Massinger.

Most, adv. [AS. m&aemacr;st. See
Most, a.] In the greatest or highest
degree.

Those nearest to this king, and most his
favorites, were courtiers and prelates.

Milton.

&fist; Placed before an adjective or adverb, most is used
to form the superlative degree, being equivalent to the termination
-est; as, most vile, most wicked; most
illustrious; most rapidly. Formerly, and until after the
Elizabethan period of our literature, the use of the double
superlative was common. See More, adv.

The most unkindest cut of all.

Shak.

The most straitest sect of our
religion.

Acts xxvi. 5.

Mos`ta*hi"ba (?), n. See
Mustaiba.

Mos"te (?), obs. imp. of
Mote.

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