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decrown, v. ? Obs.|dɪˈkraʊn|
[f. de- II. 2 + crown n. Cf. F. découronner ‘to vncrowne’ (Cotgr.), OF. descoroner (12th c.); also dethrone.]
trans. To deprive of the crown, to discrown.
1609Bp. W. Barlow Answ. Nameless Cath. 153 Authoritie to de-Throan and de-Crowne Princes. 1624F. White Repl. Fisher 56 Throning and dethroning, crowning and decrowning them. 1778Phil. Surv. S. Irel. 322 If the Pope had not arrogated a right to dethrone and decrown Kings. 1835Lytton Rienzi i. iii, How art thou decrowned and spoiled by thy recreant and apostate children.
Hence deˈcrowning vbl. n.
a1613Overbury A Wife (1638) 212 The decrowning of Kings. |