unsceptres
unsceptres is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unsceptre.
Meaning of unsceptre
Verb
unsceptre (third-person singular simple present unsceptres, present participle unsceptring, simple past and past participle unsceptred)
- To deprive of a sceptre; to deprive of the status of monarch or of authority.
- It is the cuſtome for their Kings to inherite, the ſonne alvvayes taking the Kingdome after his fathers death. If there be no ſonne, then the Queene rules; if no Queene, the next to the blood-royall, vvho comes in othervvise, is but counted an uſurping intruder, and if his faire carriage beare him...1634, William Wood, “Of Their Kings Government, and Subjects Obedience”, in New Englands Prospect. A True, Lively, and Experimentall Description of that Part of America, Commonly Called New England...
- Synonyms:
- decrown, depose, descepter, dethrone, discrown, disenthrone, dissceptre, uncrown, unking, unthrone
Questions about unsceptres
- What is unsceptres the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Unsceptres is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unsceptre.
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