ultimationt (ultimas hon)

[= It. ultima zione; as ultimate + -ion.] A last offer or conce ion; an ultimatum. Lord Bolingbroke was likewise authorized to know the real ultima tion of France. Swift, Hist. Four Last Years of Queen Anne. ( Latham.) ultimatum (ul-ti-ma'tum), n.; pl. ultimatums or ultimata (-tumz, -tä). [= F. ultimatum, The ulterior accomplishment of that part of it [Scrip proposal or statement of conditions; especially, ture). Boyle, Works, II. 130. When a thing has served an end to the uttermost, it is wholly new for an ulterior service. Emerson, Nature, v. II. n. The further side; the remote part. Cole ridge. [Rare.] ulteriorly (ul-te'ri-or-li), adv. In an ulterior manner; more distantly; remotely. in diplomatic negotiations, the final terms of one of the parties, the rejection of which may involve an immediate rupture of diplomatic relations and even lead to a declaration of war. He delivered to the mediators an ultimatum , importing that he adhered to the treaties of Westphalia and Nimeguen. Smollett, Hist. Eng., i. 5. ultime