disenthrone

[ dis-en-throhn ]
/ ˌdɪs ɛnˈθroʊn /

verb (used with object), dis·en·throned, dis·en·throning.

to dethrone.

Origin of disenthrone

First recorded in 1600–10; dis-1 + enthrone

OTHER WORDS FROM disenthrone

dis·en·throne·ment, noun

Example sentences from the Web for disenthrone

  • But to disenthrone himself, to descend to the condition of a poor devil!

    Devil Stories |Various
  • He had but to disenthrone her who for fifteen years, with true and tender love, had shared his existence.

    The Empress Josephine |Louise Muhlbach