discrown
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of discrown
Example Sentences
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Macduff, having quarrelled with the king, joined Malcolm, and the English king, thinking favorably of their cause, sent a great army into Scotland to discrown Macbeth.
From Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden by Butterworth, Hezekiah
Where ’twas shrined in my heart I thy image discrown, And from out thy high heaven I hurl thee adown!
From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan
To discrown and degrade Personality by taking away its two grand prerogatives,—this is his preliminary labor, this is his way of procuring a site for that edifice of scientific history which he proposes to build.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 by Various
Canst thou love one Who did discrown thine husband, unqueen thee?
From Queen Mary and Harold by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron
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 Alberger, John
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