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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Her who fairest does appear, Crown her queen of all the year. --Dryden. Crown him and say ``Long live our emperor.'' --Shak. 2. To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify. Thou . . . hast crowned him with glory and honor. --Ps. viii. 5. 3. To form the topmost or finishing part of to complete; to consummate; to perfect. Amidst the grove that crowns yon tufted hill. --Byron. One day shall crown the alliance. --Shak. To crown the whole, came a proposition. --Motley. 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. 5. (Mil.) To effect a lodgment upon as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach. {To crown a knot} (Naut.), to lay the ends of the strands over and under each other From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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"
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