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    CORONATE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they coronate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it coronates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: coronated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: coronated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: coronating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Invest with regal power; enthroneplay

    Example:

    The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey

    Synonyms:

    coronate; crown

    Classified under:

    Verbs of political and social activities and events

    Hypernyms (to "coronate" is one way to...):

    enthrone; invest; vest (provide with power and authority)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s somebody

    Derivation:

    coronation (the ceremony of installing a new monarch)

    crown (an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty)

    Crown (the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy)

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