coronate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corōnātus (“crowned”), past perfect participle of corōnō (“I crown”), from corōna (“crown”).

Verb

1. To crown a sovereign.

Usage notes

This term is considered non-standard by many; crown is preferred.

Derived terms

• coronation

Related terms

• corona
• crown

Translations

to crown a sovereign

• Finnish: kruunata (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Old English: bēagian, ġecorōnian, wuldorbēagian

Adjective

coronate (not comparable)

1. Having or wearing a crown.
2. (zoology) Having a crest or a crownlike appendage.
3. (zoology) Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished.
4. (zoology, of a spiral shell) Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines.

Translations

having or wearing a crown

• Finnish: kruunupäinen
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “coronate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• otocrane

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Italian

Verb

coronate

1. inflection of coronare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative
2. feminine plural of coronato

Anagrams

• corteano, cotonare, cotonerà

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) corōnāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of corōnō