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decrowned

decrowned is the simple past and past participle of decrown.

Meaning of decrown

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

Questions about decrowned

What is decrowned the simple past and past participle of?
Decrowned is the simple past and past participle of decrown.

Words near decrowned in the dictionary

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

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