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unkinged

unkinged is the simple past and past participle of unking.

Meaning of unking

Verb

unking (third-person singular simple present unkings, present participle unkinging, simple past and past participle unkinged)

  1. (archaic) To remove (a king) from power.
    • God save King Harry, unking’d Richard says,
      And send him many years of sunshine days!1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
  2. (archaic) To deprive (a king) of his royal qualities.
    • But if a Prince shall deign to be familiar and to converse with those upon whom he might trample, shall His condescension therefore Unking Him? And His familiarity rob Him of His Royalty?1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London, page 371
  3. (archaic, figuratively) To remove (something) from a position of power or paramount importance.
    • —Oh ’tis well y’are come,
      there was within me fresh Rebellion,
      and reason was almost unking’d agen.1638, John Suckling, Aglaura, London: Thomas Walkley, act I, scene 1, page 9

Questions about unkinged

What is unkinged the simple past and past participle of?
Unkinged is the simple past and past participle of unking.

Words near unkinged in the dictionary

  1. unkindnesses
  2. unkindred
  3. unkindredly
  4. unking
  5. unkingdom
  6. unkinged
  7. unkinging
  8. unkingliest
  9. unkinglike
  10. unkingliness
  11. unkingly

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