Desceptre
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of descepter. alt-of, alternative
"Therefore above the rest Ambition sat: / His Court with glitterant pearle was all enwall’d, / And round about the wall in chaires of State, / And most majestique splendor, wear enstall’d / A hundred Kings, whose temples wear impal’d / In goulden diadems, set here, and thear / With diamounds, and gemmed every whear, / And of their golden virges none desceptred wear."
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More examples"Therefore above the rest Ambition sat: / His Court with glitterant pearle was all enwall’d, / And round about the wall in chaires of State, / And most majestique splendor, wear enstall’d / A hundred Kings, whose temples wear impal’d / In goulden diadems, set here, and thear / With diamounds, and gemmed every whear, / And of their golden virges none desceptred wear."
Etymology
From de- + sceptre.
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