unking

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unking

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From un- + king.

verb unkings · unkinging · unkinged

archaic To remove (a king) from power. God save King Harry, unking’d Richard says, And send him many years of sunshine days!
Similar: depose, dethrone, discrown, disenthrone, uncrown, unthrone
archaic To deprive (a king) of his royal qualities. But if a Prince shall deign to be familiar and to converse with those upon whom he might trample, shall His condescension therefore Unking Him? And His familiarity rob Him of His Royalty?
archaic, figuratively To remove (something) from a position of power or paramount importance. —Oh ’tis well y’are come, there was within me fresh Rebellion, and reason was almost unking’d agen.

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@misc{unking_2026,
  title = {unking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}