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dethrone


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Dethrone  \De*throne"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Dethroned};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Dethroning}.]  [Pref.  de-  +  throne:  cf  F. 
  d['e]tr[^o]ner;  pref.  d['e]-  (L.  dis-)  +  tr[^o]ne  throne.  See 
  {Throne}.] 
  To  remove  or  drive  from  a  throne;  to  depose;  to  divest  of 
  supreme  authority  and  dignity.  ``The  Protector  was 
  dethroned.''  --Hume. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  dethrone 
  v  :  remove  a  monarch  from  the  throne;  "If  the  King  does  not 
  abdicate,  he  will  have  to  be  dethroned"  [ant:  {enthrone}] 




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