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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Reign \Reign\ (r?n), verb (used without an object) [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}, noun]
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
adjective: exercising power or authority [syn: {regnant}, {ruling}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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