unsceptrev.
(un- prefix2 1b. Cf. Dutch ontsc(h)epteren, German entsceptern, -zeptern.)
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society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)] > depose a sovereign > unsceptre
unsceptre1594
dissceptre1605
1594 Zepheria xxxviii. sig. F3v Needes must I wish..That thou vnsceptred be of natures royaltie.
1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia i. 23 If he had, with his victorious hand, Vnsceptred halfe the Princes in the land.
1644 T. Case Gods Rising 8 The Enemies of Gods truth and people would..not unscepter him only, but un-essence him.
1897 F. Thompson New Poems 110 Unsceptre thee of state and place!
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