Reigning

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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              We will not have this man to reign over us. --Luke
                                                    xix. 14.
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              Shall Banquo's issue ever
              Reign in this kingdom?                --Shak.
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     2. Hence, to be predominant; to prevail. "Pestilent diseases
        which commonly reign in summer." --Bacon.
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     3. To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule.
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              Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body.
                                                    --Rom. vi. 12.
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     Syn: To rule; govern; direct; control; prevail.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  reigning
       adj : 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