culminate

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Culminated p. pr. & vb. n. Culminating (-nā`t&ibreve_;ng. ] [ L. cuimen top or ridge. See Column. ] 1. To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead. [ 1913 Webster ]

As when his beams at noon
Culminate from the equator. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The reptile race culminated in the secondary era. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]