CULMINATES

Verb

culminates

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of culminate

Source: Wiktionary


CULMINATE

Cul"mi*nate (kl"m-nt), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Culminated (-n`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Culminating (-n Etym: [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.

Cul"mi*nate (kl"m-nt), a.

Definition: Growing upward, as distinguished from a laterral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals. Dana.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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