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Definition of: culminate
(kul′mə·nāt) v.i. ·nat·ed, ·nat·ing
1. To attain the highest point or degree.
2. Astron. To reach the meridian, or the point of greatest or least altitude.
3. To come to a complete result; reach a final effect. [<LL culminatus, pp. of culminare mature <culmen top, highest point]
—cul′mi·nal adjective
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