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Definition of CROWNED

Crowned
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. With surpassing glory crowned. --Milton. 2. Great; excessive; supreme. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Crowned
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. 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.

Meaning of CROWNED from wikipedia

- Look up crowned in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Crowned may refer to: Senses of "to crown": Having been the object of a coronation Crowning stage of...
- Crown broadly represents the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their subdivisions (such as the Crown Dependencies...
- in their careers to be crowned by the pope. Napoleon, according to legend, surprised Pius VII when he reached out and crowned himself, although in reality...
- The grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum), also known as the African crowned crane, golden crested crane, golden crowned crane, East African crane,...
- The crowned eagle, also known as the African crowned eagle or the crowned hawk-eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus), is a large bird of prey found in sub-Saharan...
- crowned pigeon. The word Goura comes from the New Guinea aboriginal name for crowned pigeons. The genus contains four species: Scheepmaker's crowned pigeon...
- casque is smaller. The crowned hornbill can be distinguished from the similar Bradfield's hornbill by its shorter beak. The crowned hornbill is a common...
- Look up crowned crane in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A crowned crane is a bird of the genus Balearica: Black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina) Grey...
- The black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina) is a part of the family Gruidae, along with its sister species, the grey crowned crane. It is topped with...
- Scheepmaker's crowned pigeon was previously considered as conspecific with Sclater's crowned pigeon (Goura sclaterii) with the English name southern crowned-pigeon...