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n. [ Cf. F. détrônement. ] Deposal from a throne; deposition from regal power. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who dethrones. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dethronement. [ Obs. ] Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. LL. dethronizare. ] To dethrone or unthrone. [ Obs. ] Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dethrone; to depose from sovereign authority. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. dis- + throne: cf. OF. desthroner, F. détroner. ] To dethrone. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dethrone. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. en- + throne: cf. OF. enthroner. Cf. Inthronize. ] 1. To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beneath a sculptured arch he sits enthroned. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

It [ mercy ] is enthroned in the hearts of kings. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) To induct, as a bishop, into the powers and privileges of a vacant see. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of enthroning, or state of being enthroned. [ Recent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of enthroning; hence, the admission of a bishop to his stall or throne in his cathedral. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enthronized p. pr. & vb. n. Enthronizing ] [ See Inthronize. ] To place on a throne; hence, to induct into office, as a bishop. [ 1913 Webster ]

There openly enthronized as the very elected king. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; a kind of plant, fr. 'eryqro`s red. ] (Chem.) A name originally given (from its red acid) to the metal vanadium. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. Same as Enthrone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To throng or collect together. [ R. ] Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. inthronizatio. ] Enthronement. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ LL. inthronisare, Gr. &unr_;. See Enthrone. ] To enthrone. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A famous throne formerly of the kings of Delhi, India, but since 1739, when it was carried off by Nadir Shah, held by the shahs of Persia (now Iran); -- so called from its bearing a fully expanded peacock's tail done in gems. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. [ metonymically named after the throne on which he sat. ] The office or position of the Shah of Iran; as, to ascend the Peacock Throne. [ PJC ]

{ ‖‖ } n.; pl. Plethra [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Gr. Antiq.) A long measure of 100 Greek, or 101 English, feet; also, a square measure of 10, 000 Greek feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To enthrone again; to replace on a throne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A second enthroning. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Reenthrone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To enthrone again. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An inhabitant of the more southern part of a country; formerly, a name given in Scotland to any Englishman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. trone, F. trône, L. thronus, Gr. &unr_;; cf. &unr_; a bench, &unr_; a footstool, &unr_; to set one's self, to sit, Skr. dhara&nsdot_;a supporting, dh&rsdot_; to hold fast, carry, and E. firm, a. ] 1. A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary. [ 1913 Webster ]

The noble king is set up in his throne. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

High on a throne of royal state. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a throne, or is invested with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified personage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Only in the throne will I be greater than thou. Gen. xli. 40. [ 1913 Webster ]

To mold a mighty state's decrees,
And shape the whisper of the throne. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great Sire! whom thrones celestial ceaseless sing. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Throned p. pr. & vb. n. Throning. ] 1. To place on a royal seat; to enthrone. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt. [ 1913 Webster ]

True image of the Father, whether throned
In the bosom of bliss, and light of light. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no throne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Bp. Sanderson. [ 1913 Webster ]

To the intent the sick . . . should not lie too throng. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. þrong, þrang, AS. geþrang, fr. þringan to crowd, to press; akin to OS. thringan, D. & G. dringen, OHG. dringan, Icel. þryngva, þröngva, Goth. þriehan, D. & G. drang a throng, press, Icel. þröng a throng, Lith. trenkti to jolt, tranksmas a tumult. Cf. Thring. ] 1. A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Throng, Multitude, Crowd. Any great number of persons form a multitude; a throng is a large number of persons who are gathered or are moving together in a collective body; a crowd is composed of a large or small number of persons who press together so as to bring their bodies into immediate or inconvenient contact. A dispersed multitude; the throngs in the streets of a city; the crowd at a fair or a street fight. But these distinctions are not carefully observed. [ 1913 Webster ]

So, with this bold opposer rushes on
This many-headed monster, multitude. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not to know me argues yourselves unknown,
The lowest of your throng. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

I come from empty noise, and tasteless pomp,
From crowds that hide a monarch from himself. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Thronged p. pr. & vb. n. Thronging. ] To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have seen the dumb men throng to see him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings. [ 1913 Webster ]

Much people followed him, and thronged him. Mark v. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In throngs or crowds. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]