different between abdicate vs throne

English

Etymology

• First attested in 1541.
• From Latin abdic?tus (“renounced”), perfect passive participle of abdic? (“renounce, reject, disclaim”), formed from ab (“away”) + dic? (“proclaim, dedicate, declare”), akin to d?c? (“say”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æb.d??ke?t/

Verb

abdicate (third-person singular simple present abdicates, present participle abdicating, simple past and past participle abdicated)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. [Attested from the mid 16^th century until the early 19^th century.]
2. (transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of. [First attested from the mid 16^th century until the late 17^th century.]
3. (transitive, obsolete) To depose. [Attested from the early 17^th century until the late 18^th century.]
4. (transitive, obsolete) To reject; to cast off; to discard. [Attested from the mid 16^th century until the late 17^th century.]
   • May 29 1647, Joseph Hall, Hard Measure

     betray and abdicate the due right both of ourselves and successors

5. (transitive) To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for. [First attested in the mid 17^th century.]

   Note: The word abdicate was held to mean, in the case of James II, to abandon without a formal surrender.
6. (intransitive) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty. [First attested in the early 18^th century.]

Synonyms

Antonyms

• claim
• grasp
• maintain
• occupy
• retain
• seize
• usurp

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

• abdicate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Italian

Verb

abdicate

1. second-person plural present indicative of abdicare
2. second-person plural imperative of abdicare

Latin

Verb

abdic?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of abdic?

English

Etymology

From Middle English trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (thrónos, “chair, throne”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [????n]
• (US) IPA^(key): [??o?n]
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): [t?o?n]
• Rhymes: -??n
• Homophone: thrown

Noun

throne (plural thrones)

1. An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.

   Queen Victoria sat upon the throne of England for 63 years.

2. (figuratively) Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV), Genesis, 41:40:

     Thou shalt be ouer my house, and according vnto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater then thou.

3. The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
4. (humorous) Other seats, particularly:
   1. (euphemistic) A seat used for urination or defecation, such as a chamber pot, toilet, or the seat of an outhouse.
      • 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things

        "If she has intestinal flu, you probably called while she was on the throne and she didn't want to admit it," Alan said dryly.

   2. (music) A kind of stool used by drummers.
5. (Christianity) A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV), Epistle of Paul to the Colossians, 1:16:

     For by him were all things created that are in heauen, and that are in earth, visible and inuisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.

Synonyms

• (seat used for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:chamber pot, Thesaurus:toilet, and Thesaurus:bathroom

Hypernyms

• (furniture): seat
• (order of angels): angel

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

throne (third-person singular simple present thrones, present participle throning, simple past and past participle throned)

1. (transitive, archaic) To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
2. (transitive, archaic) To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
3. (intransitive, archaic) To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.

Translations

See also

• ophan

Anagrams

• 'nother, Hornet, Rhoten, Theron, Thoren, Thorne, enhort, hornet, nother, other'n

German

Verb

throne

1. inflection of thronen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Latin

Noun

throne

1. vocative singular of thronus

Middle English

Noun

throne

1. Alternative form of trone (“throne”)

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (thrónos). The h was added back to reflect the Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (thrónos, “chair, throne”).

Noun

throne m (plural thrones)

1. throne

Descendants

• French: trône