A Topical Dictionary: Search for reign

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Reign \Reign\ (r?n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reigned (r?nd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Reigning.] [OE. regnen, reinen, OF. regner, F.
r['e]gner, fr. L. regnare, fr. regnum. See Reign, n.]
1. To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to
exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold
supreme power; to rule. --Chaucer.
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We will not have this man to reign over us. --Luke
xix. 14.
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Shall Banquo's issue ever
Reign in this kingdom? --Shak.
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2. Hence, to be predominant; to prevail. "Pestilent diseases
which commonly reign in summer." --Bacon.
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3. To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule.
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Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body.
--Rom. vi. 12.
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Syn: To rule; govern; direct; control; prevail.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Reign \Reign\ (r[=a]n), n. [OE. regne, OF. reigne, regne, F.
r[`e]gne, fr. L. regnum, fr. rex, regis, a king, fr. regere
to guide, rule. See Regal, Regimen.]
1. Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule;
dominion.
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He who like a father held his reign. --Pope.
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Saturn's sons received the threefold reign
Of heaven, of ocean, and deep hell beneath. --Prior.
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2. The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom;
empire; realm; dominion. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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[God] him bereft the regne that he had. --Chaucer.
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3. The time during which a king, queen, or emperor possesses
the supreme authority; as, it happened in the reign of
Elizabeth.
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WordNet reign
n 1: a period during which something or somebody is dominant or
powerful; "he was helpless under the reign of his
egotism"
2: the period during which a monarch is sovereign; "during the
reign of Henry VIII"
3: royal authority; the dominion of a monarch [syn: sovereignty]
v 1: have sovereign power; "Henry VIII reigned for a long time"
2: be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance;
"Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in
this neighborhood" [syn: predominate, dominate, rule,
prevail]

Moby Dictionary
administration , ascendancy , authority , averageness , be in ,
be in force , be the rage , be the rule , be the thing , bear reign ,
call the shots , charisma , charm , civil government , claws , clout ,
clutches , command , commonality , commonness , consequence , control ,
credit , currency , direct , direction , discipline , dispensation ,
disposition , dominance , dominate , domination , domineer , dominion ,
effect , eminence , empery , empire , enchantment , esteem ,
extensiveness , favor , force , form of government , good feeling ,
govern , governance , government , grip , habitualness , hand , hands ,
hegemony , hold , importance , incidental power , influence ,
influentiality , insinuation , iron hand , jurisdiction , kingdom ,
lead , leadership , leverage , magnetism , manage , management , mastery ,
moment , monarchy , normality , obtain , ordinariness , overrule ,
oversight , personality , persuasion , political organization , polity ,
potency , power , predominance , predominate , preponderance ,
preponderate , pressure , prestige , prevail , prevalence , purchase ,
raj , rampantness , regime , regimen , regnancy , regulation , repute ,
rifeness , routineness , rule , rule over , rule the roost , run , say ,
sovereignty , standardness , suasion , subtle influence , suggestion ,
supervise , supervision , supremacy , suzerainty , sway , sweepingness ,
system of government , talons , upper hand , usualness ,
wear the crown , weight , whip hand , widespreadness ,
wield the scepter