Culminate

cul;mi;nate pronunciation: function: verb inflected form(s): cul;mi;nat;ed; cul;mi;nat;ingetymology: medieval latin culminatus, past participle of culminare, from late latin, to crown, from latin culmin-, culmen top — more at hilldate: 1647intransitive verb 1 of a celestial body : to reach its highest altitude; also : to be directly overhead2 a : to rise to or form a summit b : to reach the highest or a climactic or decisive pointtransitive verb : to bring to a head or to the highest point