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English Dictionary: dethrone by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dethrone
v
  1. remove a monarch from the throne; "If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned"
    Antonym(s): enthrone, throne
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dethrone \De*throne"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dethroned}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Dethroning}.] [Pref. de- + throne: cf. F.
      d[82]tr[93]ner; pref. d[82]- (L. dis-) + tr[93]ne throne. See
      {Throne}.]
      To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of
      supreme authority and dignity. [bd]The Protector was
      dethroned.[b8] --Hume.
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