reigning : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: reigning	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for reigning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reigning adj exercising power or authority [syn: regnant, reigning, ruling]
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.