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be-sceptred

be-sceptred is the alternative form of besceptered.

Meaning of besceptered

Adjective

besceptered (not comparable)

  1. Holding a scepter.
    • Well, the procession moved on, and, as I got under the canopy, berobed, bemitred, besceptered, and bespurred, I caught a glimpse of Miss Fellows, the herb-woman, who, with six devilish handsome girls, were strewing rosemary and tansy on the blue broadcloth from Manchester;1821 July 19, George, Vermont Republican and American Yeoman, volume XIII, number 43, Windsor, Vt.: Simeon Ide, published 8 October 1821
    Synonyms:
    sceptred

Questions about be-sceptred

What is be-sceptred the alternative form of?
Be-sceptred is the alternative form of besceptered.

Words near be-sceptred in the dictionary

  1. be-piped
  2. be-ringleted
  3. be-ringletted
  4. be-sashed
  5. be-sceptered
  6. be-sceptred
  7. be-spurred
  8. be-stetsoned
  9. be-togaed
  10. be-toppered
  11. be-tuxed

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