| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  r n |
| NOUN: | 1. Exercise of sovereign power, as by a monarch. 2. The period during which a monarch rules. 3. Dominance or widespread influence: the reign of reason. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: reigned, reign·ing, reigns
1. To exercise sovereign power. 2. To hold the title of monarch, but with limited authority. 3. To be predominant or prevalent: Panic reigned as the fire spread. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English reigne, from Old French, from Latin r gnum, from rx, rg-, king. See reg- in Appendix I.
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