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Verb

crowned


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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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Crowned \Crowned\ (kround), p. p. & a.
1. Having or wearing a crown; surmounted, invested, or
adorned, with a crown, wreath, garland, etc.; honored;
rewarded; completed; consummated; perfected. "Crowned with
one crest." --Shak. "Crowned with conquest." --Milton.
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With surpassing glory crowned. --Milton.
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2. Great; excessive; supreme. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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WordNet crowned
adj 1: having an artificial crown on a tooth; "had many crowned
teeth" [ant: uncrowned]
2: crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory [syn:
laureled, laurelled] [ant: unlaureled]
3: provided with or as if with a crown or a crown as specified;
often used in combination; "a high-crowned hat"; "an
orange-crowned bird"; "a crowned signet ring" [ant: uncrowned]
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