Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having or wearing a crown or something like one.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having or wearing a crown.
- adjective Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished; -- said of birds.
- adjective Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines; -- said of spiral shells.
- adjective (Biol.) Having a crest or a crownlike appendage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
crown asovereign ; toinvest aprince with theinsignia ofroyalty , on his succeeding to the sovereignty. - adjective Having or wearing a
crown . - adjective zoology Having a
crest or a crownlikeappendage . - adjective zoology Having the
coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished. - adjective zoology Girt about the
spire with a row oftubercles orspines .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb invest with regal power; enthrone
Etymologies
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Examples
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It's a well-worn, but perfectly accurate description of the last generation of GOP presidential selection that they 'coronate' more than 'select'.
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Whether I run or not, "that's not going to coronate anybody."
Sheriff Won't Run for Mayor of Chicago Douglas Belkin 2010
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They better pray Joe Kennedy doesn't run because the Kennedy subjects will coronate him Senator.
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If a Kennedy runs, they might as well coronate him as soon as he announces.
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Let's go ahead and coronate Palin the presidential nominee now and throw the constitutionist Republican vote away to the Libertarian Party right now to avoid the rush later on?
First on the Ticker: Palin will not run for re-election 2009
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Within four years he managed to dislodge the shah then in place Ahmad Shah Qajar and coronate himself, making his 5-year-old son crown prince.
A Monarch Dethroned Joshua Muravchik 2011
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Let's forget about the primaries and the national election and go straight to the inauguaration and coronate him as emperor and Michelle as empress.
Obama backer compares Clinton to 'Fatal Attraction' character 2008
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We would only commission pollsters to do polls and then coronate the man or woman who comes at the top.
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Skip the primary season and general election process, let's just coronate her?
Clinton supporters tell her: 'It's an honor, Madame President!' 2008
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Especially out in the more independent-minded west, lots of voters don't like the idea of entitled Washington elites trying to coronate primary winners in a race featuring two qualified candidates.
David Sirota: CO-SEN: What DC Will Say vs. What the CO Election Will Actually Mean 2010
kingtaj commented on the word coronate
Finally, I added a word before anyone else. Coronate me.
February 12, 2008
gangerh commented on the word coronate
Nice word too. Congratulations King Taj, I hereby crown you King of this entire nation of Coro.
February 12, 2008
mollusque commented on the word coronate
Coronates, coronated, and coronating haven't been listed either. You could coroner the market!
February 12, 2008
lilydale commented on the word coronate
I would prefer this word as an adjective: "As a king coronate..."
May 26, 2009