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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.
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