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unˈthrone, v.
[un-2 4. Cf. Du. onttronen, G. entthronen.]
trans. To dethrone.
1611Cotgr., Desthroner, to disthronize, or vnthrone. 1637Earl of Monmouth tr. Malvezzi's Romulus & Tarquin 9 Amulius is not content to have unthron'd his brother. 1658W. Chamberlayne Loves Vict. i. 13 Do not..Unthrone thy soul with this unmanly passion. 1665Dryden Indian Queen v. i, Think, what pride, unthroned, must undergo. 1721Southerne Spartan Dame iii. i, She means to bring her Father in again, And to unthrone her Husband. 1838Tupper Proverb. Philos. 167 The shock that splitteth the globe, shall not unthrone thy self-possession. 1883Whitelaw Sophocles, Oedipus King 386 Creon..Seeks to unthrone me, springing unawares.
Hence unˈthroning vbl. n. (also attrib.).
1653W. Ramesey Astrol. Restored 324 An un-throning of some King. 1661J. Davies Civil Warres 216 They resolved to send him four (as one called them) un-throning bills. |