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decrown

UK/diːˈkɹaʊn/

decrown verb: to deprive of a crown; to discrown.

Verb

decrown (third-person singular simple present decrowns, present participle decrowning, simple past and past participle decrowned)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of a crown; to discrown.
    • the Popes […] authority to decrowne Kings1630, Thomas Adams, “The Contagion of Sinne”, in The Workes of Thomas Adams
    Synonyms:
    discrown, uncrown
  2. (transitive) To decoronate (a tooth).
  3. (transitive) To remove the crown of a pineapple, strawberry, etc.
  4. (figuratively, transitive) To deprive of supremacy or exaltedness.
    • Laughter for laughter's sake and the allied mocking of social values and decrowning of all dogmatic forms of authority this entails.2013, Isher-Paul Sahni, “More than Horseplay”, in Studies in Popular Culture, volume 35, page 70

Synonyms of decrown

Forms of decrown

third-person singular presentdecrowns
present participledecrowning
past participledecrowned
pastdecrowned
alternative formde-crown

Origin of decrown

From de- + crown, or French découronner.

Questions about decrown

What does decrown mean?
Decrown means to deprive of a crown; to discrown.
What part of speech is decrown?
Decrown is a verb.
How do you pronounce decrown?
Decrown is pronounced /diːˈkɹaʊn/ (UK).
What is the past tense of decrown?
The past tense of decrown is decrowned.

Words near decrown in the dictionary

  1. Decristofaros
  2. decrosslink
  3. decrosslinked
  4. decrosslinking
  5. DeCrow
  6. decrown
  7. decrowned
  8. decrowning
  9. decrowns
  10. DeCrows
  11. decrucified

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