† seignoryv.
Obsolete. rare.
1. intransitive. To exercise mastery.
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society > authority > [verb (intransitive)] > have chief authority or lordship
lordshipc1350
lorda1393
seignory1474
signor?1517
signorize1588
seignorize1634
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. iv. 111 Hit is sayd in prouerbe that a man ought to seignorye ouer the riches, and not for to serue hit.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 306/1 Thordre of domynacion whiche seygnoryeth aboue other that ben lower.
2. transitive. To govern.
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society > authority > rule or government > rule or govern [verb (transitive)]
steera900
hold971
wieldOE
warda1000
redeOE
wisc1000
i-weldeOE
rightlecheOE
rightOE
raima1325
governc1325
guyc1330
rulea1387
justicec1390
rekea1400
reigna1413
lorda1450
earlc1450
seignoryc1475
over-govern1485
overrulec1488
emperyc1503
gubern?a1505
signorize1594
sway1613
gubernate1623
overlead1720
belord1858
prime minister1906
c1475 Partenay 5090 Terry seignoried A full large contre.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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