unthronev.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈθrəʊn/, U.S. /ˌənˈθroʊn/ transitive. To dethrone.
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society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)] > depose a sovereign > dethrone
disthronize1583
disthrone1603
disenthrone1608
dethrone1609
unthrone1611
dethronize1656
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desthroner, to disthronize, or vnthrone.
1637 Earl of Monmouth tr. V. Malvezzi Romulus & Tarquin 9 Amulius is not content to have unthron'd his brother.
1658 W. Chamberlayne Loves Victory i. 13 Do not..Unthrone thy soul with this unmanly passion.
1665 R. Howard & J. Dryden Indian-queen v, in R. Howard Four New Plays 173 Think, what pride unthron'd must undergo.
1721 T. Southerne Spartan Dame (ed. 5) iii. i. 43 She means to bring her Father in again, And to unthrone her Husband.
1838 M. F. Tupper Proverb. Philos. 167 The shock that splitteth the globe, shall not unthrone thy self-possession.
1883 R. Whitelaw tr. Sophocles Oedipus the King 386 Creon..Seeks to unthrone me, springing unawares.
Derivatives
unˈthroning n. (also attributive).
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society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > [noun] > dethroning
dethronization1611
dethroning1649
disenthroning1649
unthroning1653
dethronement1707
disthronement1883
disenthronement1894
1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 324 An un-throning of some King.
1661 J. Davies Civil Warres 216 They resolved to send him four (as one called them) un-throning bills.
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