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en⋅throne

  [en-throhn]
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–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
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en·throne   (ěn-thrōn')   
tr.v.   en·throned, en·thron·ing, en·thrones

    1. To seat on a throne.

    2. To invest with sovereign power or with the authority of high office.

  2. To raise to a lofty position; exalt.

en·throne'ment n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

enthrone 
1393 (as enthronize), from O.Fr. introniser (13c.), from L.L. inthronizare, from Gk. enthronizein, from en- "in" + thronos "throne."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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