discrown

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Macduff, having quarrelled with the king, joined Malcolm, and the English king, thinking favorably of their cause, sent a great army into Scotland to discrown Macbeth.

From Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden by Butterworth, Hezekiah

Where ’twas shrined in my heart I thy image discrown, And from out thy high heaven I hurl thee adown!

From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan

He will then proceed to plunder and discrown the very kings that had assisted him in erecting his colossal power.

From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by Alberger, John

Consider this, Maria, Nor wantonly discrown that sacred head Of your young love to wreathe some curled boy's brow.

From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 by Lazarus, Emma

Let her be true to her own glorious nature, and this attempt to unsex and discrown her will meet with the swift and terrible condemnation it deserves.

From True Woman, The A Series of Discourses by Fulton, Justin D.