verb transitiveWord forms: unˈthroned or unˈthroning
dethrone
unthrone in American English
(unˈθroun)
transitive verbWord forms: -throned, -throning
to dethrone or remove as if by dethroning
Word origin
[1605–15; un-2 + throne]This word is first recorded in the period 1605–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: classic, ferrule, ideal, inverse, surfaceun- is a prefix freely used in English to form verbs expressing a reversal of some actionor state, or removal, deprivation, release, etc. (unbend; uncork; unfasten; etc.), or to intensify the force of a verb already having such a meaning (unloose)