to cap the climax

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to cap the climax - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Climax \Cli"max\, n. [L., from Gr. ? ladder, staircase, fr. ? to
     make to bend, to lean. See Ladder, Lean, v. i.]
     1. Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.
        --Glanvill.
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     2. (Rhet.) A figure in which the parts of a sentence or
        paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises
        above its predecessor in impressiveness.
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              "Tribulation worketh patience, patience experience,
              and experience hope" -- a happy climax. --J. D.
                                                    Forbes.
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     3. The highest point; the greatest degree.
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              We must look higher for the climax of earthly good.
                                                    --I. Taylor.
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     To cap the climax, to surpass everything, as in excellence
        or in absurdity. [Colloq.]
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