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Her who fairest does appear,

Crown her queen of all the year.

Dryden.

Crown him, and say, "Long live our
emperor."

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.


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