Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Culminate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Culminate \Cul"mi*nate\ (k[u^]l"m[i^]*n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. {Culminated} (-n[=a]`t[eucr]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.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
culminate
v 1: end, esp. 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"
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