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unking

verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To remove (a king) from power.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Examples

  • 1754, Arthur Murphy, The Gray’s-Inn Journal, No. 66, 19 January, 1754, in Volume 2, London: P. Vaillant, 1756, p. 85, The jesting of his Fool wholly turns upon his unkinging himself and retaining nothing, which Lear minutely attends to,

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: depose, dethrone, discrown, disenthrone, uncrown, unthrone

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To deprive (a king) of his royal qualities.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Examples

  • 1677, Charles Davenant, Circe, London: Richard Tonson, Act III, Scene 6, p. 31, My swelling rage, in privacy I’le shrowd, And not un-King my self before the Crowd.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To remove (something) from a position of power or paramount importance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, figuratively

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- + king.