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单词 enthrone
释义 en·throne
\ə̇nˈthrōn, en-\ transitive verb
Etymology: en- (I) + throne (n.)
1.
 a. : to seat on a throne : exalt to the seat of royalty or high authority
  < enthrone a king >
 specifically : to install a high ecclesiastic in office
 b. : to seat in a place associated with some position of authority or influence
  < enthroned at the end of the table as moderator of the evening — Louis Auchincloss >
 c. : to seat on a high object or in a high commanding place
  < old salts … enthroned on mackerel barrels — Van Wyck Brooks >
  < prompters are enthroned in the loft — American Guide Series: Connecticut >
2. : to assign supreme virtue or value to : exalt
 < the frontiersman enthroned work as a god and worshiped it — W.P.Webb >
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