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 Cul·mi·nate v. i. [imp. & p. p. Culminated p. pr. & vb. n. Culminating (-nā`tĭng.]
 1. To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.
 As when his beams at noon
 Culminate from the equator.   --Milton.
 2. To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc.
    The reptile race culminated in the secondary era.   --Dana.
    The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating.   --Motley.