dethronize

English

Alternative forms

• dethronise

Etymology

From dethrone +‎ -ize; compare Latin dethronizare.

Verb

dethronize (third-person singular simple present dethronizes, present participle dethronizing, simple past and past participle dethronized)

1. (obsolete) To dethrone; to remove from the throne.
   • 1679, John Reynolds, The Triumphs of Gods Revenge against the Crying and Execrable Sin of Murther: Expressed in Thirty Several Tragical Histories. Written by John Reynolds. The Sixth Edition, very Carefully Corrected. To which is Added, Gods Revenge against the Abominable Sin of Adultery. Containing Ten Several Histories, Never Printed before, Illustrated with New Sculptures, 6th corrected edition, London: Printed by J. Bennet, for Thomas Lee, at the Turks head in Fleetstreet, over against Fetter-Lane-End, →OCLC, page 157:

     [T]hey conſult on this important buſineſs, how they may dethronize Baretana, and inthronize Albemare in the chair and choice of Clara’s affection: […]

Synonyms

• dethrone
• disenthrone
• disthrone
• disthronize

Antonyms

• enthrone
• inthrone
• inthronizate
• inthronize

Related terms

• dethronization

Translations

dethrone — see dethrone

References

• “dethronize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.