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English Dictionary: sceptred by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sceptred
adj
  1. invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter
    Synonym(s): empowered, sceptered, sceptred
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scepter \Scep"ter\, Sceptre \Scep"tre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Sceptered}or {Sceptred} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Sceptering}or {Sceptring}.]
      To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest
      with royal authority.
  
               To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends.
                                                                              --Tickell.
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