Most (mst), a., superl. of More. [OE. most, mast, mest, AS. mst; akin
to D. meest, OS. mst, G. meist, Icel. mestr, Goth. maists; a superl.
corresponding to E. more. √103. See More, a.] 1. Consisting of
the greatest number or quantity; greater in number or quantity than all
the rest; nearly all. "Most men will proclaim every one his own
goodness." Prov. xx. 6.
The cities wherein most of his mighty works were done.
Matt. xi. 20.
2. Greatest in degree; as, he has the most need of it. "In the moste
pride." Chaucer.