释义 |
disthrone, v.|dɪsˈθrəʊn| [f. dis- 7 c + throne n.] trans. To remove from the throne; to dethrone. Also fig.
1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. vi. 615 Our rebellious Flesh, whose rest-less Treason Strives to dis-throne and to dis-scepter Reason. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1197 Thrasibulus..was disthroned and driven out of his dominions. 1666J. Smith Old Age To Rdr. (ed. 2) 4 Nothing can possibly disthrone them. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. iii. xxvi, To be a queen disthroned is not so hard as some other down-stepping. Hence disˈthronement, dethronement.
1883Hom. Monthly Oct. 36. |