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

  Culminate \Cul"mi*nate\ (k[u^]l"m[i^]*n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
     p. {Culminated} (-n[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Culminating} (-n[=a]`t[i^]ng.] [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.


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              As when his beams at noon
              Culminate from the equator.           --Milton.
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     2. To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power,
        numbers, etc.
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              The reptile race culminated in the secondary era.
                                                    --Dana.
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              The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating.
                                                    --Motley.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "culminating":
     capping, closing, completing, completive, completory, concluding,
     conclusive, consummating, consummative, consummatory, crowning,
     culminative, ending, final, finalizing, finishing, fulfilling,
     heading, last, outtopping, overtopping, perfecting, perfective,
     terminal, terminating, terminative, topping, ultimate
  
  

















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