| 单词 | in reign |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin reign b. Of something abstract or immaterial: control, influence, sway. †in reign: dominant (obsolete). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > controlling or prevailing influence of something regimenta1393 reignc1450 hegemoniac1656 hegemonic1656 c1450 (?a1405) J. Lydgate Complaint Black Knight (Fairf.) 510 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 403 (MED) Dispite now haldeth forth her reyn, Thro hasty beleve of tales that men feyn. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 204 Lyke Prince and King, he led the Regne, Of all Iniquitie. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. v. sig. Q4 She gan to stoupe, and her proud mind conuert To meeke obeysance of loues mightie raine . View more context for this quotation 1656 H. Jeanes Mixture Scholasticall Divinity 20 A soule that is free from both the raigne, or prevalency, and the anxiety of doubts. 1768 Woman of Honor III. 131 The allodial sistem was in reign before it was supplanted by the feodal one. 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 143 Would age in thee resign his wintry reign. 1821 P. B. Shelley Remembrance 10 The owlet Night resumes her reign. 1883 Cent. Mag. Oct. 804/1 A country where both winter and summer were debarred full reign. 1934 Discovery Dec. 337/2 The questions on prayer and the reign of law involve the whole subject of determinism, freedom and moral responsibility. 2006 F. Emmons Flame of Healing iii. 161 Fear no longer has reign over your emotions. < as lemmas |
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