discrown

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He will then proceed to plunder and discrown the very kings that had assisted him in erecting his colossal power.

From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by Alberger, John

Mine am I No more: mine own in no wise now, but his To save or slay, to cherish or cast out, Crown and discrown, abase and comfort.

From Rosamund, queen of the Lombards, a tragedy by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

Perhaps you think that a small sovereign people, fresh from two triumphant wars, ought to discrown itself before sunrise; because the nephew of a neighbouring Emperor has been shot by his own subjects.

From Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

Canst thou love one Who did discrown thine husband, unqueen thee?

From Queen Mary and Harold by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

To discrown and degrade Personality by taking away its two grand prerogatives,—this is his preliminary labor, this is his way of procuring a site for that edifice of scientific history which he proposes to build.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 by Various