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desceptre

desceptre is the alternative form of descepter.

Meaning of descepter

Verb

descepter (third-person singular simple present descepters, present participle desceptering, simple past and past participle desceptered)

  1. To deprive of a scepter; to deprive of the status of monarch or of authority.
    • Shall the czar be desceptered, or shall the publishers and the reading public remain subject to his sway?1906 August 4, “The Matter with Madden”, in Appeal to Reason, number 557, Girard, Kan., page 4
    Synonyms:
    unscepter

Forms of desceptre

third-person singular presentdesceptres
present participledesceptring
past participledesceptred
pastdesceptred

Origin of desceptre

From de- + sceptre.

Questions about desceptre

What is desceptre the alternative form of?
Desceptre is the alternative form of descepter.

Words near desceptre in the dictionary

  1. descents
  2. descepter
  3. desceptered
  4. desceptering
  5. descepters
  6. desceptre
  7. desceptred
  8. desceptres
  9. desceptring
  10. descetyllanatoside
  11. Deschanel

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Adapted from Wiktionary: desceptre (page history and authors); descepter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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