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REIGN

Definition:

1. [noun] a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful; "he was helpless under the reign of his egotism"
   
   
2. [noun] the period during which a monarch is sovereign; "during the reign of Henry VIII"
   
   
3. [noun] royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
   Synonyms: sovety
   
   
4. [verb] have sovereign power; "Henry VIII reigned for a long time"
   
   
5. [verb] be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"
   Synonyms: predominate, dominate, rule, prevail
   
   

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Related Words:

• override
• redound
• overarch
• preponderate, outweigh, overbalance, outbalance
• reign of terror
• scepter, sceptre

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