reign
/ɹeɪ̯n/ verbe C2En français : régner
- To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch. · He reigned in an autocratic manner.
- To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition.
- To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule. · Silence reigned.
He/she/it reigns · Prétérit reigned · Participe passé reigned · Forme en -ing reigning
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Dans la bibliothèque
That bridge led Anne’s dancing feet up over a wooded hill beyond, where perpetual twilight reigned under the straight, thick-growing firs and spruces; the only flowers there were myriads of delicate “June bells,” those shyest and sweetest of woodland blooms, and a few pale, aerial starflowers, like the spirits of last year’s blossoms.
During his reign he made a royal proclamation for a general assembly of all the birds and beasts, and drew up conditions for a universal league, in which the Wolf and the Lamb, the Panther and the Kid, the Tiger and the Stag, the Dog and the Hare, should live together in perfect peace and amity.
To my certain knowledge he has acted on behalf of three of the reigning houses of Europe in very vital matters.”
‘Erected in the fifth year of the reign of James I, and standing upon the site of a much older building, the Manor House of Birlstone presents one of the finest surviving examples of the moated Jacobean residence—’”
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