Disthronize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To remove from the throne, to dethrone. archaic, rare
"Deposed was from Princedome soueraine, / And pitteous Elidure put in his sted; / Who shortly it to him restord againe, / Till by his death he it recouered; / But Peridure and Vigent him disthronized."
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More examples"Deposed was from Princedome soueraine, / And pitteous Elidure put in his sted; / Who shortly it to him restord againe, / Till by his death he it recouered; / But Peridure and Vigent him disthronized."
Etymology
From dis- + throne + -ize.
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