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enthrone en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɪnˈθɹəʊn/

Etymology

From en- + throne; compare earlier enthronize, inthronize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called enthronement, equivalent to (and often combined with) coronation or other ceremonies of investiture.
    • enthrone a monarch
    • ceremonially enthrone
    • The bishop came to enthrone the new archbishop.
    • Near-synonyms: coronate, crown
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To help a candidate to the succession of a monarchy (as a kingmaker does), or by extension in any other major organization.
  3. (transitive) To exalt, to praise.
    • The novel seemed to enthrone love as the highest virtue.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
enthroning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
enthrones Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
enthroned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
enthroned Tense=Past lexicographic

Antonyms

dethrone · dethrone

Deriveds

enthroner · enthronement · unenthroned · disenthrone · reenthrone

Relateds

enskin · enstool

Synonyms

coronate · crown

Translations (17)

hu trónra emel (put on the throne) · io entronigar (put on the throne) · fr introniser (put on the throne) · cs dosadit na trůn (put on the throne) · ca entronitzar (put on the throne) · ro întrona (put on the throne) · hu megkoronáz (put on the throne) · ro înscăuna (put on the throne) · gl entronizar (put on the throne) · pt entronizar (put on the throne) · es entronizar (put on the throne) · ja 祭り上げる (put on the throne) · pt entronar (put on the throne) · el ενθρονίζω (put on the throne) · ja 即位させる (put on the throne) · cs korunovat (put on the throne) · cs intronizovat (put on the throne)