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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Scepter \Scep"ter\, Sceptre \Scep"tre\, verb (used with an object) [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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