v. (UN-2 4. Cf. Du. ontsc(h)epteren, G. entsceptern, -zeptern.)
1594. Zepheria, xxxviii. Needes must I wish … That thou vnsceptred be of natures royaltie.
1628. Quarles, Argalus & P., I. Wks. (Grosart), III. 247/1. If he had, with his victorious hand, Unsceptred halfe the Princes in the land.
1642. T. Case, God’s Rising (1644), 8. The Enemies of Gods truth and people would … not unscepter him only, but un-essence him.
