Word Meanings - REREIGN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To reign again.
Related words: (words related to REREIGN)
- AGAINSTAND
To withstand. - AGAINSAY
To gainsay. Wyclif. - AGAIN
again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, - AGAINST
1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in - AGAIN; AGAINS
Against; also, towards . Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer. - REIGNER
One who reigns. - AGAINWARD
Back again. - AGAINBUY
To redeem. Wyclif. - REIGN
regnum, fr. rex, regis, a king, fr. regere to guide, rule. See Regal, 1. Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion. He who like a father held his reign. Pope. Saturn's sons received the threefold reign Of heaven, of ocean,, and - PREIGNITION
Ignition in an internal-combustion engine while the inlet valve is open or before compression is completed. - THEREAGAIN
In opposition; against one's course. If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer. - FOREIGNER
A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalized there; an alien; a stranger. Joy is such a foreigner, So mere a stranger to my thoughts. Denham. - FOREIGNNESS
The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation or appropriateness. Let not the foreignness of the subject hinder you from endeavoring to set me right. Locke. A foreignness of complexion. G. Eliot. - SOVEREIGNIZE
To exercise supreme authority. Sir T. Herbert. - SOVEREIGNLY
In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely. Chaucer. - OUTREIGN
To go beyond in reigning; to reign through the whole of, or longer than. Spenser. - SOVEREIGN
soverain, suvrain, F. souverain, LL. superanus, fr. L. superus that is above, upper, higher, fr. super above. See Over, Super, and cf. Soprano. The modern spelling is due to a supposed connection with 1. Supreme or highest in power; superior to - REREIGN
To reign again. - COSOVEREIGN
A joint sovereign. - SOVEREIGNTY
The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into