Decrown

//diːˈkɹaʊn// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To deprive of a crown; to discrown. transitive

    "the Popes […] authority to decrowne Kings"

  2. 2
    To decoronate (a tooth). transitive
  3. 3
    To remove the crown of a pineapple, strawberry, etc. transitive
  4. 4
    To deprive of supremacy or exaltedness. figuratively, transitive

    "Laughter for laughter's sake and the allied mocking of social values and decrowning of all dogmatic forms of authority this entails."

Synonyms

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coronectomizedecoronatediscrownuncrownunsceptre

Antonyms

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crown

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"the Popes […] authority to decrowne Kings"

Etymology

From de- + crown, or French découronner.

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