reign

1. n. Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion. Source: opted

2. n. The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion. Source: opted

3. n. The time during which a king, queen, or emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened in the reign of Elizabeth. Source: opted

4. n. To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule. Source: opted

5. n. Hence, to be predominant; to prevail. Source: opted

6. n. To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule. Source: opted

7. n. a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful Source: wordnet

8. n. the period during which a monarch is sovereign Source: wordnet

9. n. royal authority; the dominion of a monarch Source: wordnet

10. v. have sovereign power Source: wordnet

11. v. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance Source: wordnet

12. 1. Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion. He who like a father held his reign. Pope. Saturn's sons received the threefold reign Of heaven, of ocean,, and deep hell beneath. Prior. 2. The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion. [Obs.] Spenser. [God] him bereft the regne that he had. Chaucer. 3. The time during which a king, queen, or emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened in the reign of Elizabeth. 1. To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule. Chaucer. We will not have this man to reign over us. Luke xix. 14. Shall Banquo's issue ever Reign in this kingdom Shak. 2. Hence, to be predominant; to prevail. "Pestilent diseases which commonly reign in summer." Bacon. 3. To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body. Rom. vi. 12. Syn. -- To rule; govern; direct; control; prevail. Source: webster

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