v. [UN-2 4. Cf. Du. onttronen, G. entthronen.] trans. To dethrone.
1611. Cotgr., Desthroner, to disthronize, or vnthrone.
1637. Earl Monm., trans. Malvezzi’s Romulus & Tarquin, 9. Amulius is not content to have unthron’d his brother.
1658. W. Chamberlayne, Loves Vict., I. 13. Do not … Unthrone thy soul with this unmanly passion.
1665. Dryden, Indian Queen, V. i. Think, what pride, unthroned, must undergo.
1721. Southerne, Spartan Dame, III. i. She means to bring her Father in again, And to unthrone her Husband.
1838. Tupper, Proverb. Philos., 167. The shock that splitteth the globe, shall not unthrone thy self-possession.
1883. Whitelaw, Sophocles, Oedipus King, 386. Creon … Seeks to unthrone me, springing unawares.
Hence Unthroning vbl. sb. (also attrib.).
1653. W. Ramesey, Astrol. Restored, 324. An un-throning of some King.
1661. J. Davies, Civil Warres, 216. They resolved to send him four (as one called them) un-throning bills.
