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crown'd

crown'd is the simple past and past participle of crown.

Meaning of crown

Verb

crown (third-person singular simple present crowns, present participle crowning, simple past and past participle crowned)

  1. To place a crown on the head of.
    • The king of the Huns was crowned with steel, and rode a stallion red,/Saying: “Proud must my father’s spirit feel of me who crowned my head […]”2012, Poul Anderson (lyrics), performed by Leslie Fish, “The Ballad of Three Kings” in Avalon is Risen, originally published (in variant form) in Poul Anderson, “Three Kings”, Amra, volume 2, number...
    Synonyms:
    coronate
  2. To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.
    • Her, vvho faireſt does appear, / Crovvn her Queen of all the year.1665 (first performance), John Dryden, The Indian Emperour, or, The Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act I...
    Synonyms:
    coronate, enthrone
  3. To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
    • Thou […] hast crowned him with glory and honour.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 8:5
  4. To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
    • the grove that crowns yon tufted hill1812, Lord Byron, “Canto II”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […]; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; by Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC...
  5. To declare (someone) a winner.
    • New Zealand were crowned world champions for the first time in 24 years after squeezing past an inspired France team by a single point.2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport
  6. To have its head's surface appear in the vaginal opening during the birthing process.
    • The mother was in the second stage of labor and the fetus had just crowned, prompting a round of encouragement from the midwives.

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Questions about crown'd

What is crown'd the simple past and past participle of?
Crown'd is the simple past and past participle of crown.

Words near crown'd in the dictionary

  1. crown wards
  2. crown wheel
  3. crown wheels
  4. crown witness
  5. crown witnesses
  6. crown'd
  7. crown-like
  8. crown-of-the-field
  9. crown-of-thorns starfish
  10. crownable
  11. crownal

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