culminate

v 1: end, esp. to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting

culminated in a tearful embrace" [syn: {climax}]

2: bring to a head or to the highest point; "Seurat culminated

pointillism"

3: reach the highest or most decisive point

4: of a celestial body: reach its highest altitude or the

meridian

5: rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a

crest"