極める

to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix

to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)

to persist in doing; to go through with

to always do; to have made a habit of

to take for granted; to assume

to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines

to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing