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Definition of Decrown
1. v. t. To deprive of a crown; to discrown.
Definition of Decrown
1. Verb. (transitive) To deprive of a crown; to discrown. ¹
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Definition of Decrown
1. to deprive of a crown; depose [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decrown
Literary usage of Decrown
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"One who decries or traduces clamorously. The late fanatic fii;Tii>-r* if the
necessity of human learning. N«i////. St-iin-Mi-. VII. ii. decrown ..."
2. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"F. Q,.t IV, vi, 18. t^o decrown. To deprive of the crown. but also"to have ал
imperi.il civil power over all kings ironing and ..."
3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"Ç., IV, vi, IS. t^o decrown. To deprive of the crown. Not only claims to be
spiritual head of nil ..."
4. Potter's American Monthly (1878)
"The gulf is thick with phantoms, but the chief Seems royal still, though with
her head decrown'd, And pale, but lovely, with maternal grief, ..."
5. A Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland: In a Series of Letters to by Thomas Campbell, John Watkinson (1777)
"... if the Pope hod not arrogated a right to dethrone and decrown Kings., When
King of Scotland wa/j', he had been treating with, the Pope ; and the ..."
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