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culminate (verb):
1 of a celestial body : to reach its highest altitude
2a : to rise to or form a summit
b : to reach the highest or a climactic or decisive point
3 to bring to a head or to the highest point
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Culminate was first used in English in the 17th century, in the field of astronomy. When a star or other heavenly body culminates, it reaches the point at which it is highest above the horizon from the vantage point of an observer on the ground. The word derives from the past participle of the Medieval Latin verb culminare, meaning “to crown,” and ultimately from the Latin noun culmen, meaning “top.” As something culminates it rises toward a peak. These days the word is most familiar to English speakers in its figurative usage, meaning “to reach a climactic or decisive point.”
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