coronate
Verb
Verb Forms: coronated, coronating, coronates
- To crown a sovereign; to formally install in office.
- invest with regal power; enthrone
- To crown (a sovereign or champion).
Adj
- Having a crest or a crownlike appendage, a corona.
- Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished.
- Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines.
- Having or wearing a crown, crowned; (as a participle) crowned, coronated.
Examples
- He hoped his final word would coronate him as the Words With Friends champion.
Origin / Etymology
First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin corōnātus (“crowned”), perfect passive participle of corōnō (“to crown”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from corōna (“crown”) + -ō.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
coronate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcoronate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
coronate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
coronate: valid Words With Friends Word