dissceptres

Verb

dissceptre (third-person singular simple present dissceptres, present participle dissceptring, simple past and past participle dissceptred)

1. (rare) Synonym of unsceptre.
   • “How art thou fallen, oh thou Morning star! / “For we are kings at least, and take our fill / “Of rest, each one in glory on his bed, / “Strewn with sweet odours, divers kinds of spice, / “But thou art as a wanderer in our land, / “Thy carcase, trodden under foot of men— / “Disrobed, dissceptred...1860, William Alexander, The Waters of Babylon. A Prize Poem (University of Oxford Prize Poem on a Sacred Subject, 1857–1860), Oxford, Oxfordshire: T[homas] and G[eorge] Shrimpton; Dublin: Hodges and...

   Synonyms:

   unsceptre