VERB | social | enthrone, invest, vest | provide with power and authority |
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social | enthrone, throne | put a monarch on the throne |
Meaning | Provide with power and authority. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | invest, vest | |
Narrower | crown, coronate | invest with regal power |
enthrone, throne | put a monarch on the throne | |
ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order | appoint to a clerical posts | |
ordain | invest with ministerial or priestly authority | |
Broader | install, instal | put into an office or a position |
Opposite | divest, disinvest | deprive of status or authority |
Spanish | invertir, investir | |
Catalan | invertir | |
Nouns | enthronement | the ceremony of installing a new monarch |
Meaning | put a monarch on the throne. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago" | |
Synonym | throne | |
Broader | invest, vest, enthrone | Provide with power and authority |
Opposite | dethrone | Remove a monarch from the throne |
Spanish | entronizar | |
Nouns | enthronement, enthronization, enthronisation | the ceremony of installing a new monarch |
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