culminatev.

/ˈkʌlmɪneɪt/

Etymology: < late Latin culmi-nāt-, participial stem of culmināre , < culmen , culmin- (see culmen n.); see -ate suffix³, and compare modern French culminer.

1. intransitive. Astronomy. Of a heavenly body: To reach its greatest altitude, to be on the meridian.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > heavenly body > movement of heavenly bodies > move [verb (intransitive)] > rise > reach meridian

culminate1647

1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. clvi. 649 If the Luminary culminate.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 617 All Sun-shine, as when his Beams at Noon Culminate from th' Æquator.

1879 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. (new ed.) iv. 158 To find the time at which any star culminates, or passes the meridian.

2. gen. To reach its highest point or summit, as a mountain-chain, etc.; to rise to an apex or summit. Const. in.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > high position > be in high position [verb (intransitive)] > rise to a summit

peak1577

culminate1665

apex1895

1665 [implied in: T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 202 The most culminating pyco or top [of Ararat]. (at culminating adj.)].

a1771 C. Smart Hop-garden i, in Poems (1791) I. 135 While above T' embow'ring branches culminate, and form A walk impervious to the sun.1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xv. 235 At which distance the enormous waves culminated and fell with the report of thunder.1869 G. Rawlinson Man. Anc. Hist. 16 The mountain system [of Armenia] culminates in Ararat.

3. figurative. (Chiefly from 1.) To reach its acme, or highest development. Const. in, to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > advance, progress, or develop [verb (intransitive)] > reach highest point

to grow to a head1579

culminatea1662

climax1882

peak1937

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > to highest degree > reach highest degree of increase

to grow to a head1579

to gather to a heada1616

to come to a head1655

culminatea1662

climax1882

to reach a crescendo1925

to top off1970

to top out1972

a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Anglicus (1668) 155 Being once in the Ascendent, [he] presumed that he should culminate before his time.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. i. i. 6 Thus d'Aiguillon rose again, and culminated.

1854 R. W. Emerson Eloquence in Wks. (1906) III. 195 All the genius ran in that direction, until it culminated in Shakspeare.

1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic I. ii. v. 473 The uneasiness, the terror, the wrath of the people seemed rapidly culminating to a crisis.

1873 A. Helps Some Talk about Animals & their Masters viii. 195 There are times when Art seems to culminate and then to descend.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 196 These disturbances culminated in the great eruption of a.d. 79.

4. transitive. To bring (a thing) to its highest point, to form the summit of; to crown.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [verb (transitive)] > bring to or form highest point

to bring to a head1603

culminate1659

cumulate1660

climax1807

pinnacle1840

peak1887

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > to highest degree

to bring to a head1603

culminate1659

climax1807

maximize1815

1659 R. Eedes Christ Exalted 35 That's the altitude, the very apex that culminates a believer's happiness.

1675 J. Ogilby Britannia Ded. May the same Influences tend to the Culminating all other Arts.

1896 Earl of Rosebery in Westm. Gaz. 12 Sept. 5/1 This brings to a head and culminates all the nameless massacres in Asia Minor.

1904 Illustrated Bee (Omaha, Nebraska) 25 Sept. A romance extending over several years was culminated.

1927 Daily Express 25 Apr. 1/5 They decided that an immediate ceremony would culminate their childhood romance.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	culminate
释义	culminateadj. Etymology: < late Latin culminātus, past participle of culmināre : see culminate v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈculminate. ‘Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; applied to the growth of corals’ (Dana). ΚΠ 1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). culminatev. /ˈkʌlmɪneɪt/ Etymology: < late Latin culmi-nāt-, participial stem of culmināre , < culmen , culmin- (see culmen n.); see -ate suffix³, and compare modern French culminer. 1. intransitive. Astronomy. Of a heavenly body: To reach its greatest altitude, to be on the meridian. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > movement of heavenly bodies > move [verb (intransitive)] > rise > reach meridian culminate1647 1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. clvi. 649 If the Luminary culminate. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 617 All Sun-shine, as when his Beams at Noon Culminate from th' Æquator. View more context for this quotation 1879 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. (new ed.) iv. 158 To find the time at which any star culminates, or passes the meridian. 2. gen. To reach its highest point or summit, as a mountain-chain, etc.; to rise to an apex or summit. Const. in. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > be in high position [verb (intransitive)] > rise to a summit peak1577 culminate1665 apex1895 1665 [implied in: T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 202 The most culminating pyco or top [of Ararat]. (at culminating adj.)]. a1771 C. Smart Hop-garden i, in Poems (1791) I. 135 While above T' embow'ring branches culminate, and form A walk impervious to the sun.1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xv. 235 At which distance the enormous waves culminated and fell with the report of thunder.1869 G. Rawlinson Man. Anc. Hist. 16 The mountain system [of Armenia] culminates in Ararat. 3. figurative. (Chiefly from 1.) To reach its acme, or highest development. Const. in, to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > advance, progress, or develop [verb (intransitive)] > reach highest point to grow to a head1579 culminatea1662 climax1882 peak1937 the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > to highest degree > reach highest degree of increase to grow to a head1579 to gather to a heada1616 to come to a head1655 culminatea1662 climax1882 to reach a crescendo1925 to top off1970 to top out1972 a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Anglicus (1668) 155 Being once in the Ascendent, [he] presumed that he should culminate before his time. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. i. i. 6 Thus d'Aiguillon rose again, and culminated. 1854 R. W. Emerson Eloquence in Wks. (1906) III. 195 All the genius ran in that direction, until it culminated in Shakspeare. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic I. ii. v. 473 The uneasiness, the terror, the wrath of the people seemed rapidly culminating to a crisis. 1873 A. Helps Some Talk about Animals & their Masters viii. 195 There are times when Art seems to culminate and then to descend. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 196 These disturbances culminated in the great eruption of a.d. 79. 4. transitive. To bring (a thing) to its highest point, to form the summit of; to crown. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [verb (transitive)] > bring to or form highest point to bring to a head1603 culminate1659 cumulate1660 climax1807 pinnacle1840 peak1887 the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > to highest degree to bring to a head1603 culminate1659 climax1807 maximize1815 1659 R. Eedes Christ Exalted 35 That's the altitude, the very apex that culminates a believer's happiness. 1675 J. Ogilby Britannia Ded. May the same Influences tend to the Culminating all other Arts. 1896 Earl of Rosebery in Westm. Gaz. 12 Sept. 5/1 This brings to a head and culminates all the nameless massacres in Asia Minor. 1904 Illustrated Bee (Omaha, Nebraska) 25 Sept. A romance extending over several years was culminated. 1927 Daily Express 25 Apr. 1/5 They decided that an immediate ceremony would culminate their childhood romance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1864v.1647
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