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discrown

American  
[dis-kroun] / dɪsˈkraʊn /

verb (used with object)

  1. to deprive of a crown; dethrone; depose.


Etymology

Origin of discrown

First recorded in 1580–90; dis- 1 + crown

Example Sentences

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Mine am I No more: mine own in no wise now, but his To save or slay, to cherish or cast out, Crown and discrown, abase and comfort.

From Rosamund, queen of the Lombards, a tragedy by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

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

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

Consider this, Maria, Nor wantonly discrown that sacred head Of your young love to wreathe some curled boy's brow.

From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 by Lazarus, Emma

Let her be true to her own glorious nature, and this attempt to unsex and discrown her will meet with the swift and terrible condemnation it deserves.

From True Woman, The A Series of Discourses by Fulton, Justin D.

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