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en·throne

   [en-throhn]
verb (used with object), -throned, -thron·ing.
1.
to place on or as on a throne.
2.
to invest with sovereign or episcopal authority.
3.
to exalt.
Also, inthrone.

Origin:
1600–10; en-1 + throne

Related forms
re·en·throne, verb (used with object), -throned, -thron·ing.
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enthrone (ɛnˈθrəʊn)
 
—vb
1.  to place on a throne
2.  to honour or exalt
3.  to assign authority to
 
en'thronement
 
—n

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enthrone
late 14c. (as enthronize), from O.Fr. introniser (13c.), from L.L. inthronizare, from Gk. enthronizein, from en- "in" + thronos "throne."
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