| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | Most advanced; most correct or complete; as, the best
   scholar; the best view of a subject. | 
											
															| • | Most; largest; as, the best part of a week. | 
											
															| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | In the highest degree; beyond all others. | 
											
															| • | To the most advantage; with the most success, case,
   profit, benefit, or propriety. | 
											
															| • | Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what
   is expedient is best known to himself. | 
											
															| • | To get the better of. |