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ENTHRONE

Dictionary entry overview: What does enthrone mean?

• ENTHRONE (verb)
The verb ENTHRONE has 2 senses:

1. provide with power and authority
2. put a monarch on the throne

Familiarity information: ENTHRONE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ENTHRONE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Provide with power and authority

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

enthrone; vest; invest

Context example:

They vested the council with special rights

Hypernyms (to "enthrone" is one way to...):

install (put into an office or a position)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enthrone"):

consecrate; ordain; order; ordinate (appoint to a clerical posts)

coronate; crown (invest with regal power; enthrone)

enthrone; throne (put a monarch on the throne)

ordain (invest with ministerial or priestly authority)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Put a monarch on the throne

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

enthrone; throne

Context example:

The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago

Hypernyms (to "enthrone" is one way to...):

enthrone; invest; vest (provide with power and authority)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Antonym:

dethrone (remove a monarch from the throne)

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ENTHRONE: related words searches

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