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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
reigning
adj : exercising power or authority [syn: regnant, ruling]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
reigning
a.
Currently ruling or holding a position.
vb.
(present participle of en reign nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
reigning
a.
Currently ruling or holding a position.
vb.
(present participle of en reign nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
reigning
a.
Currently ruling or holding a position.
vb.
(present participle of en reign nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
reigning
a.
Currently ruling or holding a position.
vb.
(present participle of en reign nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
reigning
Englanti a.
hallitseva
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm r eign ing)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
reigning
Engelska a.
(avledning en reign ordform=prespart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb reign)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Reigning /ɹˈeɪnɪŋ/ الحكمFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
reigning /ɹˈeɪnɪŋ/
regierend
Synonym: governing
see: reign, govern, reigned, governed
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
reigning /ɹˈeɪnɪŋ/
regierend
Synonyms: ruling, governing
see: rule, reign, govern sb./a country, ruled, reigned, governed, misgovern, misrule
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈɹeɪnɪŋ/
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "reigning":
ascendant, at the head, average, besetting, boss, chief,
commanding, common, controlling, current, dominant, epidemic,
general, governing, head, hegemonic, hegemonistic, in ascendancy,
in charge, in chief, in the ascendant, leading, master, normal,
ordinary, pandemic, paramount, popular, predominant, predominate,
predominating, prepollent, preponderant, preponderate, prepotent,
prevailing, prevalent, rampant, regnant, regulating, regulative,
regulatory, rife, routine, ruling, running, sovereign, standard,
stereotyped, supreme, usual
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]a.在位的