crown
Definition of crown:
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part of speech: verb
To cover or invest with a crown: to invest with royal dignity: to adorn: to dignify: to complete.
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part of speech: noun
The diadem or state cap of royalty: regal power: honor: reward: the top of anything, esp. of the head: completion: accomplishment: a 5s. piece stamped with a crown.
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part of speech: adjective
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part of speech: verb
To invest any one with regal power by the ceremony of placing the state cap or diadem on his head; to complete or finish; to reward.
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Common misspellings:
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- cown (7.1%)
- cron (7.1%)
- crownn (4.8%)
- crownmis (4.8%)
- corwn (33.3%)
- crwon (14.3%)
- cronw (7.1%)
- crawn (2.4%)
- rown (4.8%)
- crovn (7.1%)
- crowan (7.1%)
Usage examples for crown:
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The crown has a property on the frontier, in Levetincz.
"Timar's Two Worlds" – Mór Jókai -
Half- a- crown will pay for the bath, the girl, and your coffee."
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons" – Jacques Casanova de Seingalt -
I shall return to ask you if you will be mine, my beloved wife, and if you will at last crown my love with happiness.
"Andreas Hofer" – Lousia Muhlbach -
Then my mother made me get up and turn and face the people; she put the crown on my head again; then she knelt and kissed my hand.
"The King's Mirror" – Anthony Hope