besceptered
besceptered adjective: holding a scepter.
Adjective
besceptered (not comparable)
- 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
- President [Adolphe] Thiers slipped and fell on the Paris pavement the other day. The fall of a French ruler is a rather frequent occurrence, but Thiers has not slipped much since he ascended the republican throne. In falling, moreover, he differed widely from his becrowned and besceptered...1873 January 4, The Minneapolis Daily Tribune, volume VI, number 176, Minneapolis, Minn.
- Synonyms:
- sceptred
Examples of besceptered in a sentence
- In falling, moreover, he differed widely from his becrowned and besceptered predecessors: he got up again.1873 January 4, The Minneapolis Daily Tribune, volume VI, number 176, Minneapolis, Minn.:
- In each of the countries so deeply wronged by a royalty proclaiming divine right, there abides hope among the rulers cast out, of once more wearing the purple and holding power in besceptered hands.1921 October 29, “Persistent Monarchist Folly”, in Glendale Daily Press, volume 1, number 206, Glendale, page four:
- The article was illustrated by an entrancing picture of a queen on her throne, becrowned, besceptered, bejeweled.1922, Edwin E[mery] Slosson, June E[tta] Downey, “Plot-Making as a Safety-Valve”, in Plots and Personalities: A New Method of Testing and...
- Roosevelt, the candidate, not President Roosevelt, besceptered in gold and invested in purple?1940 August 22, Jean F. Agnew, “Mr. Willkie Challenged ‘Candidate’ Roosevelt”, in The Pittsburgh Press, volume 57, number 59, Pittsburgh...
Synonyms of besceptered
Forms of besceptered
| alternative form | be-sceptered |
|---|---|
| alternative form | be-sceptred |
| alternative form | besceptred |
Origin of besceptered
From be- + scepter + -ed.
Questions about besceptered
- What does besceptered mean?
- Besceptered means holding a scepter.
- How do you use besceptered in a sentence?
- In falling, moreover, he differed widely from his becrowned and besceptered predecessors: he got up again.
- What part of speech is besceptered?
- Besceptered is an adjective.
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