ultimate

‖n. pl. [ L. See Optimate. ] The nobility or aristocracy of ancient Rome, as opposed to the populares. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. ultimatus last, extreme, fr. L. ultimare to come to an end, fr. ultimus the farthest, last, superl. from the same source as ulterior. See Ulterior, and cf. Ultimatum. ] 1. Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final. [ 1913 Webster ]

My harbor, and my ultimate repose. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many actions apt to procure fame are not conductive to this our ultimate happiness. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those ultimate truths and those universal laws of thought which we can not rationally contradict. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental; as, an ultimate particle; an ultimate constituent of matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ultimate analysis (Chem.), organic analysis. See under Organic. --
Ultimate belief. See under Belief. --
Ultimate ratio (Math.), the limiting value of a ratio, or that toward which a series tends, and which it does not pass. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Final; conclusive. See Final. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Ultimated p. pr. & vb. n. Ultimating. ] 1. To come or bring to an end or issue; to eventuate; to end. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To come or bring into use or practice. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]