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to coronate

to coronate

1 9.9
To put a crown on someone's head to make them king or queen
  • verb
  • /ˈkɔːrəˌneɪt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : coronar
  • Had Obama not been supreme, it would have been easy to dismiss him and coronate the candidate they have been bought and paid for to sell.
  • get coronated
  • going to coronate

Examples

  • I mention all this because it seems as though the direction to coronate someone like Miles is completely deliberate.

    Blog text (12)

  • But King Charles got coronated in March.

  • -Yeah, sure -I coronate the New Queen.

    Forbidden Zone (1980)

  • Let's just throw in the towel and coronate the won again.

    Blog text (33)

  • She will be coronated at London's historic Westminster Abbey.

    Minions (2015)

  • The Lapdog Media won't care what he says because they've already coronated Obama.

    Blog text (10)

  • A leader that doesn't deliberately refuse to be coronated and doesn't teach followers to look past them to God who gifted us all keeps their followers from maturity.

    Blog text (1)

  • What's also annoying is we've pre-stamped this kind of corruption with "but the show must go on," so no matter if a million votes are destroyed or diverted, a million voters disenfranchised, we must coronate on Nov. 7 because our media madness electoral process depends on it.

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  • The prince will be coronated in a grand ceremony next month.

  • After much anticipation, the nation celebrated as their new queen was coronated.

Synonyms

to crown
vsto coronate
  • Formal
62 5.1

To put a special decorated hat on someone's head in a formal ceremony to make them king or queen

gives royal power and authority beyond the simple ceremony
to enthrone
vsto coronate
  • Formal
7.5

To give someone a high position of power in a formal ceremony, like making them a king or queen

focuses on investing royal power specifically rather than general authority
to throne
vsto coronate
7.9

To make someone a ruler by a ceremony

means putting someone into royal office and giving them ruling power

Antonyms

to depose
31 7.4

To remove a leader from office, often by force

to dethrone
5 6.7

To remove a king or queen from power and their position

How Formal

to coronate
  • Archaic
1 9.9
to enthrone
  • Formal
7.5
to install
  • Formal
69 3.9
to appoint
  • Formal
580 3.2
to name
  • Formal
456 2.8

Surface Forms

coronate infinitive
coronated past
coronated past participle
coronating present participle
coronates third person singular

Morphology

coronate = corona (semi-transparent) = corona + ate

The verb is formed from the noun 'corona' with the Latinate verb-forming suffix '-ate', but the Latin form and '-ate' are less directly recognizable to many learners.

Etymology

The word coronate comes from the Latin root corona, which means 'crown' or 'garland' and is like the English word crown. So to coronate someone is to put a crown on their head and make them a king or queen.