CORONATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they coronate ... he / she / it coronates

Past simple: coronated

Past participle: coronated

-ing form: coronating

Meaning:

Invest with regal power; enthrone

Example:

The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey

Synonyms:

coronate; crown

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

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)