uncrown

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In the great human democracy, revolution cannot uncrown the builder of bridges to place upon his throne the builder of pantry shelves.

From Every Soul Hath Its Song by Hurst, Fannie

Why did Jonathan visit David in the gloomy wood that day and uncrown himself for him?

From Sermons on Biblical Characters by Chappell, Clovis G.

I’ll be hanged if I uncrown such a noble monarch in that pot fashion!”

From Up the Forked River Or, Adventures in South America by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

And now is cleans'd enough the flood, Which since runs cleare as doth thy blood; Of the wet pearls uncrown thy hair, And mantle thee with ermin air.

From The Lucasta Poems by Lovelace, Richard

He, more incens'd against your Majesty     Than all the rest, discharg'd me with these words:     'Tell him from me that he hath done me wrong;     And therefore I'll uncrown him ere't be long.'

From King Henry VI, Part 3 by Shakespeare, William