desceptre
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Alternative form of descepter.
Example Sentences
- "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’?"
Etymology
From de- + sceptre.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: de