Unking
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Unking is a verb meaning (archaic) To remove (a king) from power.
Meaning
(archaic) To remove (a king) from power.
More Meanings
- (archaic) To deprive (a king) of his royal qualities.
- (archaic, figuratively) To remove (something) from a position of power or paramount importance.
Example Sentences
God save King Harry, unking’d Richard says, And send him many years of sunshine days!
—Oh ’tis well y’are come, there was within me fresh Rebellion, and reason was almost unking’d agen.
The soul is indifferent what garment she wears, or of what color and texture; the true king is not unkinged by being discrowned.
1677, Charles Davenant, Circe, London: Richard Tonson, Act III, Scene 6, p. 31, My swelling rage, in privacy I’le shrowd, And not un-King my self before the Crowd.
Word Forms
- unkings
- unkinging
- unkinged
Synonyms for unking
Depending on context, synonyms include depose, dethrone, discrown, disenthrone, uncrown, unthrone.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include inc, unpolished, unkingdom, disenthrone, uncrown, dethrone.
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