MEANING
1. To install a ruler, religious leader, or other figure formally on a throne or in sovereign office.
2. To give something a position of supreme authority or importance.
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Words that belong together
- enthrone a ruler
- an enthroned monarch
On the page
They enthroned the ruler before the disputed seal was examined.
The newly enthroned monarch listened to the petitions in silence.
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Word forms
- Base
- enthrone
- Past tense
- enthroned
- Past participle
- enthroned
- Present participle
- enthroning
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- enthrone
- Present continuous
- am/is/are enthroning
- Present perfect
- have/has enthroned
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been enthroning
- Past
- enthroned
- Past continuous
- was/were enthroning
- Past perfect
- had enthroned
- Past perfect continuous
- had been enthroning
- Future
- will enthrone
- Future continuous
- will be enthroning
- Future perfect
- will have enthroned
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been enthroning
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: enthrone; enthrones; enthroned; enthroned; enthroning Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: enthrones.
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