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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crown \Crown\ (kroun), verb (used with an object) [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}, noun]
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crowned \Crowned\ (kround), p. p. & a.
1. Having or wearing a crown; surmounted, invested, or adorned, with a crown, wreath, garland, etc.; honored; rewarded; completed; consummated; perfected. ''Crowned with one crest.'' --Shak. ''Crowned with conquest.'' --Milton.
With surpassing glory crowned. --Milton.
2. Great; excessive; supreme. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
crowned
adjective
1: having an artificial crown on a tooth; "had many crowned teeth" [ant: {uncrowned}]
2: crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory [syn: {laureled}, {laurelled}] [ant: {unlaureled}]
3: provided with or as if with a crown or a crown as specified; often used in combination; "a high-crowned hat"; "an orange-crowned bird"; "a crowned signet ring" [ant: {uncrowned}]
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