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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Acme

/(ăk"mē̇)/ · Ac·me · IPA /ˈæk.mi/
01 n. The top or highest point; the culmination.
  1. 1.
    The top or highest point; the culmination.
    “The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry.” Pope.
    “The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of its supremacy.” I. Taylor.
  2. 2.
    The crisis or height of a disease.(Med.)
  3. 3.
    Mature age; full bloom of life.