coronate
verb
cor·o·nate ˈkȯr-ə-ˌnāt 
ˈkär-
coronated; coronating
transitive verb
: crown sense 1a
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web But some conservatives are crying foul, accusing the leadership of moving too quickly to coronate a lawmaker who, despite her support for Trump, has a relatively moderate voting record — in contrast to Cheney’s consistently conservative record. 
Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2021 On the heels of last week’s latest attempt to coronate IndyCar’s ‘man of the hour,’ Colton Herta, as the next American open-wheel hope toward F1, O’Ward handled the expected speculation deftly. Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 3 May 2021 Also, when the vote counts in states are extremely close, TV networks and news agencies, in a race to be first, should not take it upon themselves to coronate winners, while hundreds of thousands of votes have yet to be counted. Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al, 6 Nov. 2020 The 2020 Democratic National Convention could dramatically change the way parties coronate their presidential picks in the future — if organizers can pull it off. Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 17 Aug. 2020 Criticisms of Cuomo, particularly of his plan to make cuts to Medicaid in an effort to trim the state’s budget deficit, have failed to break through the rush to coronate him. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 26 Mar. 2020 Then the Nevada caucuses delivered their chilling message: Unless all but one of the moderates in the race dropped out, Bernie Sanders was going to be coronated in Milwaukee. Mona Charen, National Review, 4 Mar. 2020 And after she was coronated in 1953, the Queen's schedule became even more hectic. Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 26 Nov. 2019 That goal was accelerated last week, when Nix was coronated as the Tigers’ starting quarterback for their season opener. Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 26 Aug. 2019 See More
Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2021 On the heels of last week’s latest attempt to coronate IndyCar’s ‘man of the hour,’ Colton Herta, as the next American open-wheel hope toward F1, O’Ward handled the expected speculation deftly. Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 3 May 2021 Also, when the vote counts in states are extremely close, TV networks and news agencies, in a race to be first, should not take it upon themselves to coronate winners, while hundreds of thousands of votes have yet to be counted. Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al, 6 Nov. 2020 The 2020 Democratic National Convention could dramatically change the way parties coronate their presidential picks in the future — if organizers can pull it off. Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 17 Aug. 2020 Criticisms of Cuomo, particularly of his plan to make cuts to Medicaid in an effort to trim the state’s budget deficit, have failed to break through the rush to coronate him. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 26 Mar. 2020 Then the Nevada caucuses delivered their chilling message: Unless all but one of the moderates in the race dropped out, Bernie Sanders was going to be coronated in Milwaukee. Mona Charen, National Review, 4 Mar. 2020 And after she was coronated in 1953, the Queen's schedule became even more hectic. Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 26 Nov. 2019 That goal was accelerated last week, when Nix was coronated as the Tigers’ starting quarterback for their season opener. Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 26 Aug. 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Latin corōnātus, past participle of corōnare "to deck with flowers, wreathe, crown entry 2
First Known Use
circa 1623, in the meaning defined above