peaketh

Verb

peak (third-person singular simple present peaks, present participle peaking, simple past and past participle peaked)

1. (transitive) To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
2. (transitive) To exceed the maximum signal amplitude of (a piece of equipment), resulting in clipping of the signal.
3. (intransitive) To reach a highest degree or maximum.
   • Historians argue about when the Roman Empire began to peak and ultimately decay.
4. (intransitive) To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
   • There peaketh up a mightie high mounte.1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “(please specify the book number)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC
5. (intransitive) To reach the highest level of success or greatness in one's lifetime.
6. (intransitive) To reach the point of strongest effect from a drug.

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