| 单词 | to sway the sceptre, the sword |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sway the sceptre, †the sword (also, by extension, †the diadem, †the rule) a. transitive. To wield as an emblem of sovereignty or authority; esp. in to sway the sceptre, †the sword (also, by extension, †the diadem, †the rule), to bear rule.Cf. Dutch den schepter zwaaien. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [verb (transitive)] wieldeOE bearOE rulea1393 sway1575 carry1598 1575 G. Gascoigne In Praise Gentlewoman in Weedes 5 Golden Marcus he, that swaide the Romaine sword. 1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. D.iijv You should not trust, lieftenaunts in your rome, And let them sway, the scepter of your charge. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. X6v Madan was young, vnmeet the rule to sway. a1592 R. Greene Hist. Orlando Furioso (1594) sig. E It fits me not to sway the Diademe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iii. iii. 76 Though Vsurpers sway the rule a while. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 404 If I mean to raign David's true heir, and his full Scepter sway . View more context for this quotation 1751 T. Gray Elegy xii. 7 Hands that the reins of empire might have sway'd. a1828 H. Neele Lit. Remains (1829) 26 Had Charles I. continued to sway the English sceptre. < as lemmas |
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