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Coronate

//ˈkɔɹəˌneɪt// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a crest or a crownlike appendage, a corona. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Having or wearing a crown, crowned; (as a participle) crowned, coronated. not-comparable, obsolete

    "The duke of Normandy / William conquerour […] Was coronate at London / […]"

  3. 3
    Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished. not-comparable
  4. 4
    Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines. not-comparable
Verb
  1. 1
    To crown (a sovereign or champion). rare

    "[…] and instead of Coronating your deserved Worth […]"

  2. 2
    invest with regal power; enthrone wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin corōnātus (“crowned”), perfect passive participle of corōnō (“to crown”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from corōna (“crown”) + -ō.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from New Latin coronātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Etymology 3

From Middle English coronat(e), borrowed from Latin corōnātus (“wearing a crown, crowned”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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