reign : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: reign	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for reign
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reign n a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful; "he was helpless under the reign of his egotism" the period during which a monarch is sovereign; "during the reign of Henry VIII" royal authority; the dominion of a monarch Synonym(s): reign, sovereignty v have sovereign power; "Henry VIII reigned for a long time" be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood" Synonym(s): predominate, dominate, rule, reign, prevail
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reign \Reign\ (r[amac]n), n. [OE. regne, OF. reigne, regne, F. r[8a]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. 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.
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[82]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. [bd]Pestilent diseases which commonly reign in summer.[b8] --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.