foremost, foremest, formest, for me ste

& adv. [A double superlative from fore (q. v.), the original A. S. superlative being form a = first. From this was formed the double super, formest, fyrmost, which in its turn was corrupted into fore most. ] A. As adjective : 1. First in point of time, place, or order. "This foremost morn of all the year." Cowper: The Nightingale. 2. First in point of rank, position, or dignity. "The foremost man of all the world." Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar, iv. 3. B. As adv.: In the first place; first, soonest, earliest. "Thou goest foremost ." --Shakesp .: Coriolanus , i. 1. fö re-most-lý, adv. [Eng. foremost; -ly.] In the foremost or first place or order; among the foremost.