enthrone
Americanverb (used with object)
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to place on or as on a throne.
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to invest with sovereign or episcopal authority.
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to exalt.
verb
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to place on a throne
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to honour or exalt
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to assign authority to
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Origin of enthrone
Example Sentences
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The fund helped steady the finances of war-ravaged Europe, enthrone the dollar as the international currency and shore up U.S. allies from Britain to Korea.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2017
And the knights launched a revolt to enthrone the son of one of them, 20-year-old Stanislas Parvulesco.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2015
Smith's system was designed to enthrone not the businessman but the consumer.
From Time Magazine Archive
But he scored only 48 points less than that, to top Mathias' Olympic mark and enthrone himself as the greatest all-round athlete in the world.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Even if Illyrio is the friend you think him," the knight said stubbornly, "he is not powerful enough to enthrone you by himself, no more than he could your brother."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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