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   culminate

   /ˈkʌlmɪneɪt/

   verb

   • 1. reach a climax or point of highest development: "weeks of violence culminated in the brutal murder of a magistrate"
   • ▪ be the climax or point of highest development of: "her book culminated a research project on the symmetry studies of Escher"
   • 2. (of a celestial body) reach or be at the meridian: archaic "the star culminates at midnight on about the 30th April"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in astronomy and astrology): from late Latin culminat- ‘exalted’, from the verb culminare, from culmen ‘summit’.

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