Definitions of culminate:

• verb:   reach the highest or most decisive point
• verb:   bring to a head or to the highest point

  Example: "Seurat culminated pointillism"

• verb:   end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage

  Example: "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"

• verb:   rise to, or form, a summit

  Example: "The helmet culminated in a crest"

• verb:   of a celestial body: reach its highest altitude or the meridian