culminate

1. v. i. To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead. Source: opted

2. v. i. To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc. Source: opted

3. a. Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals. Source: opted

4. v. end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage Source: wordnet

5. v. bring to a head or to the highest point Source: wordnet

6. v. reach the highest or most decisive point Source: wordnet

7. v. reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body Source: wordnet

8. v. rise to, or form, a summit Source: wordnet

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

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

11. v:100 v. end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage v. bring to a head or to the highest point v. reach the highest or most decisive point v. reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body Source: ecdict

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