Found 3 items, similar to culminate.
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Definition: culminate
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: culminate
culminate
v 1: end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage;
“The
meeting culminated in a tearful embrace” [syn:
climax]
2: bring to a head or to the highest point;
“Seurat culminated
pointillism”
3: reach the highest or most decisive point
4: of a celestial body: reach its highest altitude or the
meridian
5: rise to, or form, a summit;
“The helmet culminated in a
crest”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Culminate
Culminate
\Cul"mi*nate\ (k[u^]l"m[i^]*n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
p.
Culminated (-n[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Culminating (-n[=a]`t[i^]ng.] [L. cuimen top or ridge. See
Column.]
1. To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the
meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.
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As when his beams at noon
Culminate from the equator. --Milton.
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2. To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power,
numbers, etc.
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The reptile race culminated in the secondary era.
--Dana.
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The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating.
--Motley.
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Culminate
\Cul"mi*nate\ (k[u^]l"m[i^]*n[asl]t), a.
Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; --
applied to the growth of corals. --Dana.
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