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Webster 1913 Edition
Culminate
Cul′mi-nate
(kŭl′mĭ-nāt)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Culminated
(-nāˊtĕd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Culminating
(-nā`tĭng.] [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.
As when his beams at noon
Culminate
from the equator. Milton.
2.
To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc.
The reptile race
culminated
in the secondary era. Dana.
The house of Burgundy was rapidly
culminating
. Motley.
Cul′mi-nate
(kŭl′mĭ-nā̍t)
, Adj.
Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; – applied to the growth of corals.
Dana.
Webster 1828 Edition
Culminate
CULMINATE
,Verb.
I.