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Antonyms for take the chair
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : chair |
Phonetic Transcription : tʃɛər |
Definition of take the chair
Origin :- early 13c., chaere, from Old French chaiere "chair, seat, throne" (12c.; Modern French chaire "pulpit, throne;" the more modest sense having gone since 16c. with variant form chaise), from Latin cathedra "seat" (see cathedral).
- Figurative sense of "authority" was in Middle English, of bishops and professors. Meaning "office of a professor" (1816) is extended from the seat from which a professor lectures (mid-15c.). Meaning "seat of a person presiding at meeting" is from 1640s. As short for electric chair from 1900.
- As in moderate : verb mediate, arbitrate
Synonyms for take the chair
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