Crowned

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crown \Crown\ (kroun), v. t. [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}, n.]
     1. To cover, decorate, or invest with a crown; hence, to
        invest with royal dignity and power.


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              Her who fairest does appear,
              Crown her queen of all the year.      --Dryden.
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              Crown him, and say, "Long live our emperor." --Shak.
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     2. To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity, or
        recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
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              Thou . . . hast crowned him with glory and honor.
                                                    --Ps. viii. 5.
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     3. To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to
        consummate; to perfect.
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              Amidst the grove that crowns yon tufted hill.
                                                    --Byron.
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              One day shall crown the alliance.     --Shak.
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              To crown the whole, came a proposition. --Motley.
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     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.
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     5. (Mil.) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the
        glacis, or the summit of the breach.
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     {To crown a knot} (Naut.), to lay the ends of the strands
        over and under each other.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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              With surpassing glory crowned.        --Milton.
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     2. Great; excessive; supreme. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crowned
       adj 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}]