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unˈcrown, v.
[un-2 4. Cf. Du. ontkroonen (Sewel), G. entkrönen.]
1. trans. To take the crown from (a ruler); to deprive of royalty.
a1300Cursor M. 9084 ‘Tas of,’ he said, ‘mi kinges croun Þat i na langer agh to bere... I will þat yee vncroun me’. 1593Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, iii. iii. 232 He hath done me wrong, And therefore Ile vn-Crowne him, er't be long. 1605Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iii. ii. 85 The voyce which made all things, Which sceptereth Shepheards, and un-crowneth Kings. 1645E. Calamy Indictm. Eng. 18 They seeke his life, and would uncrowne Him and his Posteritie. 1705Hickeringill Priest-cr. (1721) i. 39 The insulting Priest..let him know, that he that Crown'd him could Uncrown him. 1747W. Horsley Fool (1748) II. 222 Where an Inquisitor-General..is uncrowning the Monarchy. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xi. III. 7 They had meant to obtain from him some guarantee.., but not to uncrown and banish him.
fig.1638Ford Lady's Trial ii. iv, Prepare a welcome to uncrown the greatness Of his prevailing fates.
refl.1846Literary Gaz. Oct. 842 Francis II uncrowned himself, declaring that the holy Roman empire was at an end.
2. To remove a crown from (the head); to divest of (a crown).
1598Florio, Disghirlandare, to vngarlande, to vncrowne. a1658Lovelace Poems (1864) 167 Of the wet pearls uncrown thy hair. 1697Dryden æneis xii. 449 The Italians strip the dead Of his rich armour, and uncrown his head.
b. fig. To uncover; to display.
1849M. Arnold Shakespeare 4 The loftiest hill That to the stars uncrowns his majesty.
Hence unˈcrowning vbl. n.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. viii. §45. 499/1 That the mindes of the vulgar should not bee vnpossessed with like expectation of Iohns vn-crowning. 1862R. H. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art 357 The uncrowning of the Seven-Hilled Queen by the barbarians of the North. |