| 释义 |
dissceptre, v.|dɪsˈsɛptə(r)|
Also 7 disceptre, 6–7 -er.
[f. dis- 7 a + sceptre n.]
trans. To deprive of the sceptre, or of kingly authority.
1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. vi. 615 Rebellious Flesh, whose rest-less Treason Strives to dis-throne and to dis-scepter Reason. 1610T. Godwin Moses & Aaron i. xiii. 61 Prevent a possible deposing or disceptring. 1656S. H. Gold. Law 55 This..people have de-thron'd, uncrown'd, and dis-cepter'd me. 1886W. Alexander St. Augustine's Holiday 216 Disrobed, dissceptred..discrown'd. |