uncrown

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He, more incens'd against your majesty Than all the rest, discharg'd me with these words: 'Tell him from me that he hath done me wrong, And therefore I'll uncrown him ere 't be long.'

From King Henry VI, Part 3 by Shakespeare, William

Why did Jonathan visit David in the gloomy wood that day and uncrown himself for him?

From Sermons on Biblical Characters by Chappell, Clovis G.

Greedy of spoils, th' Italians strip the dead Of his rich armor, and uncrown his head.

From The Aeneid English by Virgil

And now is cleans'd enough the flood, Which since runs cleare as doth thy blood; Of the wet pearls uncrown thy hair, And mantle thee with ermin air.

From The Lucasta Poems by Lovelace, Richard

He, more incens'd against your Majesty     Than all the rest, discharg'd me with these words:     'Tell him from me that he hath done me wrong;     And therefore I'll uncrown him ere't be long.'

From King Henry VI, Part 3 by Shakespeare, William