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throne (THROHN) (noun)
A chair typically associated with royalty or with the head of a religious organization: "The bishop sat on the throne to listen to the petitions of the pilgrims."
"The king's throne was decorated with gold and gems."
throne (THROHN) (verb)
To invest an individual with royal authority and responsibilities: "The bishop will throne the queen today in a fairy tale ceremony."
thrown (THROHN) (verb)
1. To have or to be overcome by something or a situation: "She was not thrown by the difficult physics problem on her examination."
3. To have built, constructed, or exerted oneself to do something: "The construction company has thrown together a shed for storing all of their equipment."
"He was thrown with emotion when he realized his friend was not hurt in the accident."
2. To have dashed or to hit something violently: "During the storm, the ship was thrown against the reef and was badly damaged."3. To have built, constructed, or exerted oneself to do something: "The construction company has thrown together a shed for storing all of their equipment."
"He has thrown all his influence into the proposal to build new houses."
The king was so angry that he hurled the royal chair at his military minister; in other words, the throne was thrown as an expression of the king's displeasure.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group T; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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(Greek: throw, send, put; that which is thrown)
(Greek: insertion; literally, "something thrown in")
(Greek > Latin: disk; round plate thrown in athletic competitions; used primarily in the extended sense of "something shaped like a round plate")
(Greek: mix, mixed; thrown together, blended)
(Greek > Latin: literally, "something thrown forward, to throw forward")
(Latin: to beat, to strike; to drive, to force back; from verber, whip, lash, rod; by extension, to make sounds or noises or those sounds and echoes that are thrown back again or repeatedly)