uncrownv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈkraʊn/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkraʊn/, U.S. /ˌənˈkraʊn/ 1. transitive. To take the crown from (a ruler); to deprive of royalty.
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society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)] > depose a sovereign > uncrown
uncrowna1400
discrown1586
decrown1609
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9084 ‘Tas of,’ he said, ‘mi kinges croun þat i na langer agh to bere... I will þat yee vncroun me’.
1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 iii. iii. 232 He hath done me wrong, And therefore Ile vncrowne him er't be long.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. Fathers in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. 501 The voice which made all things; Which Sceptreth shepherds, and vn-Crowneth Kings.
1645 E. Calamy Indictm. against Eng. 18 They seeke his life, and would uncrowne Him and his Posteritie.
1705 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft 31 The Insulting Priest..let him know, that he that Crown'd him could Uncrown him.
1747 Fool (1748) II. 222 Where an Inquisitor-General..is uncrowning the Monarchy.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xi. 7 They had meant to obtain from him some guarantee.., but not to uncrown and banish him.
2.
a. To remove a crown from (the head); to divest of (a crown).
ΚΠ
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Disghirlandare, to vngarlande, to vncrowne.
a1658 R. Lovelace Poems (1864) 167 Of the wet pearls uncrown thy hair.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 591 Th' Italians strip the dead Of his rich Armour; and uncrown his Head.
b. figurative. To uncover; to display.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)]
unwryc825
unhelec1000
to draw forthc1175
unhillc1200
to bring forth?c1225
unsteekc1250
let witc1275
uncovera1300
wraya1300
knowc1300
barea1325
shrivec1374
unwrapc1374
again-covera1382
nakena1382
outc1390
tellc1390
disclosea1393
cough1393
unhidea1400
unclosec1400
unhaspc1400
bewrayc1405
reveal1409
accusea1413
reveil1424
unlocka1425
unrekec1425
disclude?1440
uncurec1440
utter1444
detect1447
break1463
expose1483
divinec1500
revelate1514
to bring (also put) to light1526
decipher1529
rake1547
rip1549
unshadow1550
to lay to sight1563
uppen1565
unlace1567
unvisor?1571
resign1572
uncloak1574
disshroud1577
spill1577
reap1578
unrip1579
scour1585
unharboura1586
unmask1586
uncase1587
descrya1591
unclasp?1592
unrive1592
discover1594
unburden1594
untomb1594
unhusk1596
dismask1598
to open upc1600
untruss1600
divulge1602
unshale1606
unbrace1607
unveil1609
rave1610
disveil1611
unface1611
unsecret1612
unvizard1620
to open up1624
uncurtain1628
unscreen1628
unbare1630
disenvelop1632
unclothe1632
to lay forth1633
unshroud1633
unmuffle1637
midwife1638
dissecret1640
unseal1640
unmantle1643
to fetch out1644
undisguise1655
disvelop1658
decorticate1660
clash1667
exert1692
disinter1711
to up with1715
unbundlea1739
develop1741
disembosom1745
to open out1814
to let out1833
unsack1846
uncrown1849
to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861
unfrock1866
disbosom1868
to blow the lid off1928
flush1950
surface1955
to take or pull the wraps off1964
1849 M. Arnold Shakespeare 4 The loftiest hill That to the stars uncrowns his majesty.
Derivatives
unˈcrowning n.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > [noun] > uncrowning
uncrowning1611
decrowning1615
discrowning1823
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 499/1 That the mindes of the vulgar should not bee vnpossessed with like expectation of Iohns vn-crowning.
1862 R. H. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art 357 The uncrowning of the Seven-Hilled Queen by the barbarians of the North.
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