SCEPTER or SCEPTRE

PRONUNCIATION: (SEP-tuhr)

MEANING: noun: A wand held by a sovereign as an emblem of authority and power.
verb tr.: To invest with authority and power.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old French sceptre, from Latin sceptrum, from Greek skeptron (staff), from skeptesthai (to prop oneself). Earliest documented use: 1340.
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SCENTER - perfume detector; sometimes, an aroma dispenser

'S COPTER - Whazzat sound I hear coming from the helipad?

SIC ETRE - thus to be in Paris