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
Nobody expected Herr Hitler to enthrone a Hohenzollern on the spot, but war nostalgia was pushed to the point of frenzy.
From Time Magazine Archive
One such arrangement might be to enthrone Khalid, but give the real control to a younger, more dynamic man.
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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