enthrone : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: enthrone	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for enthrone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enthrone v provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights" Synonym(s): invest, vest, enthrone Antonym(s): disinvest, divest put a monarch on the throne; "The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago" Synonym(s): enthrone, throne Antonym(s): dethrone
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Enthrone \En*throne"\, v. t. [Pref. en- + throne: cf. OF. enthroner. Cf. {Inthronize}.] 1. To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity. Beneath a sculptured arch he sits enthroned. --Pope. It [mercy] is enthroned in the hearts of kings. --Shak. 2. (Eccl.) To induct, as a bishop, into the powers and privileges of a vacant see.