coronate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corōnātus (“crowned”), past perfect participle of corōnō (“I crown”), from corōna (“crown”).

Verb

coronate (third-person singular simple present coronates, present participle coronating, simple past and past participle coronated)

  1. To crown a sovereign.

Usage notes

This term is considered non-standard by many; crown is preferred.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

coronate (not comparable)

  1. Having or wearing a crown.
  2. (zoology) Having a crest or a crownlike appendage.
  3. (zoology) Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished.
  4. (zoology, of a spiral shell) Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines.

Translations

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for coronate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

coronate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of coronare
  2. second-person plural imperative of coronare
  3. Feminine plural of coronato

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

corōnāte

  1. first-person plural present active imperative of corōnō
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