What does desceptre mean?
Desceptre means Alternative form of descepter..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
Alternative form of descepter..
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.
It concerned Herod, who at firſt received his Crown from Cæſar, to further Cæſar’s tribute, not only in way of thankfulneſs, but alſo in way of policy, to prevent a poſſible depoſing or deſceptring; for it was in Cæſar’s power to take away the Crown again when pleaſed him.
Deceived, desceptred, immured eight weary years, / That mocked my miseries and turned me all to tears!
[…]; the local and desceptred chieftain squatting on his hams and guarding the vanished gallon between his knees;
The iron hand with which they ruled was desceptred on Saturday afternoon by the clan of McGeehan who bested them in battle.
Why has it taken all this while desceptring ‘this sceptred isle’?
Use desceptre when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Desceptre means Alternative form of descepter..
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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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