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Verb: coronate  'kor-u,neyt or 'kór-u,neyt [N. Amer], 'kó-ru,neyt [Brit]
Usage: rare
  1. Crown or formally invest with royal power
    "The new king was coronated in Westminster Abbey";
    - crown

Derived forms: coronated, coronates, coronating

Type of: enthrone, invest, vest

Encyclopedia: Coronate