Crowned : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Crowned	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Crowned
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crowned adj having an (artificial) crown on a tooth; "had many crowned teeth" Antonym(s): uncrowned crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory Synonym(s): laureled, laurelled, crowned Antonym(s): unlaureled, unlaurelled 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" Antonym(s): crownless, uncrowned
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]Crowned with one crest.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Crowned with conquest.[b8] --Milton. With surpassing glory crowned. --Milton. 2. Great; excessive; supreme. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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, [bd]Long live our emperor.[b8] --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.