culminate
/kulminayt/ • verb 1 (usu. culminate in/with) reach or be a climax or point of highest development. 2 archaic or Astrology (of a celestial body) reach or be at the meridian. — DERIVATIVES culmination noun. — ORIGIN Latin culminare, from culmen ‘summit’.
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