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discrown

[dis-kroun] / dɪsˈkraʊn /


VERB
dethrone
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
crown enthrone put in power


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

From Queen Mary and Harold by Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson

“Know you not ’tis rank treason to discrown our sacred Majesty, far more to dishevel or destroy our locks? 

From A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago by Charlotte Mary Yonge

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 John Alberger

Consider this, Maria, Nor wantonly discrown that sacred head Of your young love to wreathe some curled boy's brow.

From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 by Emma Lazarus

They did not attempt to put one king in place of another, but to dethrone human nature and discrown the very manhood of the race.

From The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays by James Russell Lowell




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