CORONATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coronate mean? 

• CORONATE (verb)
  The verb CORONATE has 1 sense:

1. invest with regal power; enthrone

  Familiarity information: CORONATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORONATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they coronate    ... he / she / it coronates   
Past simple: coronated   
Past participle: coronated   
-ing form: coronating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Invest with regal power; enthrone

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

coronate; crown

Context example:

The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey

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)