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inthronize

Syllables: in·thron·ize/ɪnˈθɹəʊnaɪz/US/ɪnˈθɹoʊˌnaɪz/

inthronize verb: to enthrone.

Verb

inthronize (third-person singular simple present inthronizes, present participle inthronizing, simple past and past participle inthronized)

  1. (obsolete) To enthrone.
    • So then to conclude, though man bee Gods hand, and inſtrument, to inaugure, inthronize, and inueſt, yet is it God alone, that doth originally ordaine, inſtitute, and appoint.1618, Harim White, The Ready VVay to Trve Repentance: Or a Godly, and Learned Treatise, of the Repentance of Mary Magdalen: […], London: Printed at London by G. E. for T. B., →OCLC, page 88
    • [T]hey cried out they muſt have a Muſulman Emperor; therefore they broke into a Dungeon, and brought out Muſtapha Oſman’s Unkle, whom he had clapt there at the beginning of the Tumult, and who had been King before, but was depos’d for his Simplicity, being a kind of Santon or holy Man, that is...1623 August 26 (Gregorian calendar), James Howell, “XXI. To Sir James Crofts, from Madrid.”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume I, London: […]...
    Synonyms:
    enthrone, inthrone

Synonyms of inthronize

Antonyms

Forms of inthronize

third-person singular presentinthronizes
present participleinthronizing
past participleinthronized
pastinthronized
alternative formenthronize
alternative forminthronise

Origin of inthronize

From Middle English intronizen, intronize, intronyce, intronyze, entronise, entronize, entronyce, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French inthronizer, introniser, intronizer, enthronizer, entronizer, from Old French entronisier (modern French introniser (“to induct; to introduce to”)), or directly from its etymon Late Latin inthronizare, intronizāre, enthronizare (“to enthrone”), from Ancient Greek ἐνθρονίζειν (enthronízein, “to enthrone”), from έν- (én-, prefix meaning ‘in’) + θρόνος (thrónos, “throne”) + -ίζειν (-ízein, suffix forming verbs). The English word is cognate with Italian intronizzare (“to enthrone”), Portuguese entronizar (“to enthrone”), Spanish entronizar (“to enthrone”), and can be analysed as in- + throne + -ize.

Words formed from inthronize

Questions about inthronize

What does inthronize mean?
Inthronize means to enthrone.
What part of speech is inthronize?
Inthronize is a verb.
How do you pronounce inthronize?
Inthronize is pronounced /ɪnˈθɹəʊnaɪz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of inthronize?
The past tense of inthronize is inthronized.

Words near inthronize in the dictionary

  1. inthronging
  2. inthroning
  3. inthronizate
  4. inthronization
  5. inthronizations
  6. inthronize
  7. inthronized
  8. inthronizes
  9. inthronizing
  10. inthrow
  11. inthrowing

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