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Scepter
(gcide) | Scepter \Scep"ter\, Sceptre \Scep"tre\, n. [F. sceptre, L.
sceptrum, from Gr. ? a staff to lean upon, a scepter;
probably akin to E. shaft. See Shaft, and cf. Scape a
stem, shaft.]
1. A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial
badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace.
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And the king held out Esther the golden scepter that
was in his hand. --Esther v. 2.
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2. Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty;
as, to assume the scepter.
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The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a
lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come.
--Gen. xlix.
10.
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Scepter
(gcide) | Scepter \Scep"ter\, Sceptre \Scep"tre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Scepteredor Sceptred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scepteringor
Sceptring.]
To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest
with royal authority.
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To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends.
--Tickell.
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scepter
(wn) | scepter
n 1: the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter [syn:
scepter, sceptre]
2: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: scepter, sceptre,
verge, wand] |
scepter
(devil) | SCEPTER, n. A king's staff of office, the sign and symbol of his
authority. It was originally a mace with which the sovereign
admonished his jester and vetoed ministerial measures by breaking the
bones of their proponents.
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scepter
(encz) | scepter, |
sceptered
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Sceptered
(gcide) | Scepter \Scep"ter\, Sceptre \Scep"tre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Scepteredor Sceptred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scepteringor
Sceptring.]
To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest
with royal authority.
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To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends.
--Tickell.
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Scepterellate
(gcide) | Scepterellate \Scep`ter*el"late\, a. (Zool.)
Having a straight shaft with whorls of spines; -- said of
certain sponge spicules. See Illust. under Spicule.
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Sceptering
(gcide) | Scepter \Scep"ter\, Sceptre \Scep"tre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Scepteredor Sceptred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scepteringor
Sceptring.]
To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest
with royal authority.
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To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends.
--Tickell.
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Scepterless
(gcide) | Scepterless \Scep"ter*less\, Sceptreless \Scep"tre*less\, a.
Having no scepter; without authority; powerless; as, a
scepterless king.
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To wield the scepter
(gcide) | Wield \Wield\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wielded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wielding.] [OE. welden to govern, to have power over, to
possess, AS. geweldan, gewyldan, from wealdan; akin to OS.
waldan, OFries. walda, G. walten, OHG. waltan, Icel. valda,
Sw. v[*a]lla to occasion, to cause, Dan. volde, Goth. waldan
to govern, rule, L. valere to be strong. Cf. Herald,
Valiant.]
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1. To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to
possess. [Obs.]
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When a strong armed man keepeth his house, all
things that he wieldeth ben in peace. --Wyclif (Luke
xi. 21).
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Wile [ne will] ye wield gold neither silver ne money
in your girdles. --Wyclif
(Matt. x. 9.)
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2. To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to
manage; to control; to sway.
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The famous orators . . . whose resistless eloquence
Wielded at will that fierce democraty. --Milton.
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Her newborn power was wielded from the first by
unprincipled and ambitions men. --De Quincey.
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3. To use with full command or power, as a thing not too
heavy for the holder; to manage; to handle; hence, to use
or employ; as, to wield a sword; to wield the scepter.
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Base Hungarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield!
--Shak.
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Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed.
--Milton.
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Nothing but the influence of a civilized power could
induce a savage to wield a spade. --S. S. Smith.
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To wield the scepter, to govern with supreme command.
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Unsceptered
(gcide) | Unsceptered \Un*scep"tered\, Unsceptred \Un*scep"tred\, a.
1. [Pref. un- not + sceptered.] Having no scepter.
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2. [1st pref. un- + scepter.] Deprived of a scepter.
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scepter
(wn) | scepter
n 1: the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter [syn:
scepter, sceptre]
2: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: scepter, sceptre,
verge, wand] |
sceptered
(wn) | sceptered
adj 1: invested with legal power or official authority
especially as symbolized by having a scepter [syn:
empowered, sceptered, sceptred] |
scepter
(devil) | SCEPTER, n. A king's staff of office, the sign and symbol of his
authority. It was originally a mace with which the sovereign
admonished his jester and vetoed ministerial measures by breaking the
bones of their proponents.
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