Crown v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crowned p. pr. & vb. n. Crowning.]
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.
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Crowned 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.]
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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]