A Topical Dictionary: Search for Crowning

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Crown \Crown\ (kroun), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crowned (kround);
p. pr. & vb. n. Crowning.] [OE. coronen, corunen, crunien,
crounien, OF. coroner, F. couronner, fr. L. coronare, fr.
corona a crown. See Crown, n.]
1. To cover, decorate, or invest with a crown; hence, to
invest with royal dignity and power.
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Her who fairest does appear,
Crown her queen of all the year. --Dryden.
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Crown him, and say, "Long live our emperor." --Shak.
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2. To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity, or
recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
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Thou . . . hast crowned him with glory and honor.
--Ps. viii. 5.
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3. To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to
consummate; to perfect.
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Amidst the grove that crowns yon tufted hill.
--Byron.
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One day shall crown the alliance. --Shak.
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To crown the whole, came a proposition. --Motley.
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4. (Mech.) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher
at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine
pulley.
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5. (Mil.) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the
glacis, or the summit of the breach.
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To crown a knot (Naut.), to lay the ends of the strands
over and under each other.
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WordNet Crowning
adj 1: representing a level of the highest possible achievement or
attainment; "the crowning accomplishment of his
career" [syn: crowning(a)]
2: forming or providing a crown or summit; "the crowning star
on a Christmas tree"; "her hair was her crowning glory"

Moby Dictionary
arch , banner , capital , capping , cardinal , central , champion , chief ,
closing , completing , completive , completory , concluding ,
conclusive , consummating , consummative , consummatory , culminating ,
culminative , dominant , ending , final , finalizing , finishing , first ,
focal , foremost , fulfilling , great , heading , headmost , hegemonic ,
last , leading , magisterial , main , master , outtopping , overruling ,
overtopping , paramount , perfecting , perfective , predominant ,
preeminent , preponderant , prevailing , primal , primary , prime ,
principal , ranking , ruling , sovereign , star , stellar , supereminent ,
terminal , terminating , terminative , topflight , topping , ultimate