height (n.) Old form(s): hight
maximum, highest amount, utmost degree
H8 I.ii.214[King Henry to all, of Buckingham] He's traitor to th'height!
Ham I.iv.21[Hamlet to Horatio, of the court's carousing] it takes / From our achievements, though performed at height, / The pith and marrow of our attribute
TC V.i.3[Achilles to Patroclus, of Hector] let us feast him to the height
Tim III.v.88[First Senator to Alcibiades, of his request] Urge it no more / On height of our displeasure [i.e. or incur the maximum amount of our displeasure]
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