Part 2657

<h1>Culminate</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"mi*nate</hw> <tt>(k?l"m?-n?t)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Culminated</er> <tt>(-n?`t?d)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Culminating</er> (-n<?/`t<?/ng.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>cuimen</ets> top or ridge. See <er>Column</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.</def>

<blockquote>As when his beams at noon <b>Culminate</b> from the equator. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc.</def>

<blockquote>The reptile race <b>culminated</b> in the secondary era. <i>Dana.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The house of Burgundy was rapidly <b>culminating</b>. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Cul"mi*nate</hw> <tt>(k?l"m?-n?t)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Growing upward, as distinguished from a laterral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals.</def>

<i>Dana.</i>

<h1>Culmination</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"mi*na"tion</hw> <tt>(k?l`m?-n?"sh?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F.<ets>culmination</ets>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.</def>

<h1>Culpa</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"pa</hw> <tt>(k?l"p?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from <i>dolus</i> (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, <i>culpa</i> being imputable to defect of intellect, <i>dolus</i> to defect of heart.</def>

<i>Wharton.</i>

<h1>Culpability</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul`pa*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(k?l`p?-b?l`?-t?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Culpabilities</plw> <tt>(-t<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>culpabilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state of being culpable.</def>

<h1>Culpable</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"pa*ble</hw> <tt>(k?l"p?-b'l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>culpable</ets>, <ets>coulpable</ets>, <ets>coupable</ets>, F. <ets>coupable</ets>, formerly also <ets>coupable</ets>, formerly also <ets>coulpable</ets>, <ets>culpable</ets>, fr. L. <ets>culpabilis</ets>, fr. <ets>culpare</ets> to blame, fr. <ets>culpa</ets> fault.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal.</def>

<i>State Trials (1413).</i>

<blockquote>If he acts according to the best reason he hath, he is not <b>culpable</b>, though he be mistaken in his measures. <i>Sharp.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Guilty; <as>as, <ex>clpable</ex> of a crime</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Cul"pa*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Cul"pa*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Culpatory</h1> <Xpage=355>

<hw>Cul"pa*to*ry</hw> <tt>(-t?-r?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Expressing blame; censuring; reprehensory; inculpating.</def>

<blockquote>Adjectives . . . commonly used by Latian authors in a <b>culpatory</b> sense. <i>Walpole.</i></blockquote>