Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

acme

acme (ak"me) , noun

[Greek 'akmh` point, top.]

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.
(Medicine) The crisis or height of a disease.
3.
Mature age; full bloom of life. — B. Jonson