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
Other Word Forms
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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enthronesimple
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enthronessimple
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have enthronedperfect
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has enthronedperfect
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am enthroningprogressive
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are enthroningprogressive
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is enthroningprogressive
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have been enthroningperfect progressive
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has been enthroningperfect progressive
Past
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enthronedsimple
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had enthronedperfect
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was enthroningprogressive
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were enthroningprogressive
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had been enthroningperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
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
One such arrangement might be to enthrone Khalid, but give the real control to a younger, more dynamic man.
From Time Magazine Archive
I believe as the years go on it will be said of this week in Washington: 'There, in that pact, humanity took its great step to enthrone the great freedoms of 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
Von Stuck delights in contrasts: On the “Orpheus wall,” he enthrones the mythical lyre-player above tamed animals in an architectural fresco based on Pompeian murals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Karole Armitage's choreography also keeps the joint jumping and Scott Pask's design ironically enthrones the excellent band in a vast military truck.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 14, 2010
"I lay a living soul within the tomb,— A ghastly cabin damp with church-yard loam, Where worms are rampant and where night enthrones Darkness and horror, dust, decay, and bones; Extremity of doleful comprehension."
From A Romantic Young Lady by Grant, Robert
There is a pitch of intensity, though, which, if any emotion reach it, enthrones that one as alone effective and sweeps its antagonists and all their inhibitions away.
From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William
She enters a community and breaks the iron of slavery, bestows equality on all, and enthrones in power public opinion.
From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by Alberger, John
A former nurse made history Wednesday when she was enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to lead the centuries-old mother church of the world's 85 million-strong Anglican community.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
She will be enthroned on Wednesday in a ceremony attended by the Prince of Wales.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026
While such preparatory drawings often focused on the figures alone, Filippino devotes equal attention to the architectural setting, in this case an open loggia on which the saint is enthroned and surrounded by angels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
Prolific sculptor Frederick William Sievers shows a seated Maury enthroned like Zeus before a globe held aloft by swarming figures representing the forces of air and water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
But mercy is above this sceptred sway; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
As the abolitionist senator Charles Sumner once said, “Our country, be she right or wrong: a sentiment dethroning God and enthroning the devil.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2017
Soon we shall repair our fault of not preventing the carrying off of our King by enthroning his son.
From Time Magazine Archive
Besides his plays and satirical romances he wrote the first modern history of philosophy, enthroning Reason after severe skirmishes with the Church and two emperors.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Amherst rejoined, enthroning her visitor in one of the monumental plush armchairs beneath the threatening weight of the Bay of Naples.
From The Fruit of the Tree by Kimball, Alonzo
It is the old story of two conflicting civilizations, one representing bigness, the other greatness; one standing for materialism, the other for idealism; one enthroning the body, the other the spirit.
From Short Stories Old and New by Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso)
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