Reign Reign (rān) noun [ Middle English regne , Old French reigne , regne , French règne , from Latin regnum , from rex , regis , a king, from regere to guide, rule. See Regal , Regimen .] 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 deep hell beneath.

Prior.

2. The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

[ God] him bereft the regne that he had.

Chaucer.

3. The time during which a king, queen, or emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened in the reign of Elizabeth.

Reign Reign intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Reigned (r?nd); present participle & verbal noun Reigning .] [ Middle English regnen , reinen , Old French regner , French régner , from Latin regnare , from regnum. See Reign , noun ] 1. To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule. Chaucer.

We will not have this man to reign over us.

Luke xix. 14.

Shall Banquo's issue ever
Reign in this kingdom?

Shak.

2. Hence, to be predominant; to prevail. "Pestilent diseases which commonly reign in summer." Bacon.

3. To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body.

Rom. vi. 12.

Syn. -- To rule; govern; direct; control; prevail.

Reigner Reign"er noun One who reigns. [ R.]

Reillume Re`il·lume" transitive verb To light again; to cause to shine anew; to relume; to reillumine. "Thou must reillume its spark." J. R. Drake.

Reilluminate Re`il·lu"mi·nate transitive verb To enlighten again; to reillumine.

Reillumination Re`il·lu`mi·na"tion noun The act or process of enlightening again.

Reillumine Re`il·lu"mine transitive verb To illumine again or anew; to reillume.

Reim Reim noun [ Dutch riem , akin to G riemen ; CF. Greek ............ a towing line.] A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes, etc. [ South Africa] Simmonds.

Reimbark Re`im·bark" transitive verb & i. See Reëmbark .

Reimbody Re`im·bod"y transitive verb & i. [ See Reëmbody .] To imbody again. Boyle.

Reimbursable Re`im·burs"a·ble adjective [ CF. French remboursable .] Capable of being repaid; repayable.

A loan has been made of two millions of dollars, reimbursable in ten years.

A. Hamilton.

Reimburse Re`im·burse" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Reimbursed (-b?rst"); present participle & verbal noun Reimbursing .] [ Prefix re- + imburse : confer French rembourser .] 1. To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse the expenses of a war.

2. To make restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; -- often reflexive; as, to reimburse one's self by successful speculation. Paley.

Reimbursement Re`im·burse"ment noun [ Confer French rembursement .] The act reimbursing. A. Hamilton.

Reimburser Re`im·burs"er noun One who reimburses.

Reimplant Re`im·plant" transitive verb To implant again.

Reimport Re`im·port" transitive verb [ Prefix re- + import : confer French remporter .] To import again; to import what has been exported; to bring back. Young.

Reimportation Re·im`por·ta"tion noun The act of reimporting; also, that which is reimported.

Reimportune Re·im`por·tune" transitive verb To importune again.

Reimpose Re`im·pose" transitive verb To impose anew.

Reimpregnate Re`im·preg"nate transitive verb To impregnate again or anew. Sir T. Browne.

Reimpress Re`im·press" transitive verb To impress anew.

Reimpression Re`im·pres"sion noun A second or repeated impression; a reprint.

Reimprint Re`im·print" transitive verb To imprint again.

Reimprison Re`im·pris"on transitive verb To imprison again.

Reimprisonment Re`im·pris"on·ment (-m e nt) noun The act of reimprisoning, or the state of being reimprisoned.

Rein Rein noun [ French rêne , from (assumed) Late Latin retina , from Latin retinere to hold back. See Retain .] 1. The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse.

This knight laid hold upon his reyne .

Chaucer.

2. Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint. "Let their eyes rove without rein ." Milton.

To give rein , To give the rein to , to give license to; to leave withouut restrain. -- To take the reins , to take the guidance or government; to assume control.

Rein Rein transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Reined (r?nd); present participle & verbal noun Reining .] 1. To govern or direct with the reins; as, to rein a horse one way or another.

He mounts and reins his horse.

Chapman.

2. To restrain; to control; to check.

Being once chafed, he can not
Be reined again to temperance.

Shak.

To rein in or rein up , to check the speed of, or cause to stop, by drawing the reins.

Rein Rein intransitive verb To be guided by reins. [ R.] Shak.

Reinaugurate Re`in·au"gu·rate transitive verb To inaugurate anew.

Reincit Re"in·cit" transitive verb To incite again.

Reincorporate Re`in·cor"po·rate transitive verb To incorporate again.

Reincrease Re`in·crease" transitive verb To increase again.

Reincur Re`in·cur" transitive verb To incur again.

Reindeer Rein"deer` noun [ Icelandic hreinn reindeer + English deer . Icelandic hreinn is of Lapp or Finnish origin; confer Lappish reino pasturage.] [ Formerly written also raindeer , and ranedeer .] (Zool.) Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer , of the Deer family, found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and having long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tines palmate.

» The common European species ( R. tarandus ) is domesticated in Lapland. The woodland reindeer or caribou ( R. caribou ) is found in Canada and Maine (see Caribou .) The Barren Ground reindeer or caribou ( R. Grœnlandicus ), of smaller size, is found on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in both hemispheries.

Reindeer moss (Botany) , a gray branching lichen ( Cladonia rangiferina ) which forms extensive patches on the ground in arctic and even in north temperature regions. It is the principal food of the Lapland reindeer in winter. -- Reindeer period (Geol.) , a name sometimes given to a part of the Paleolithic era when the reindeer was common over Central Europe.

Reinduce Re`in·duce" transitive verb To induce again.

Reinette Rei·nette" noun [ French See 1st Rennet .] (Botany) A name given to many different kinds of apples, mostly of French origin.

Reinfect Re`in·fect" transitive verb [ Prefix re- + infect : confer French réinfecter .] To infect again.

Reinfectious Re`in·fec"tious adjective Capable of reinfecting.

Reinforce Re`in·force" transitive verb See Reënforce , transitive verb

Reinforce Re`in·force" noun See Reënforce , noun

Reinforcement Re`in·force"ment (-m e nt) noun See Reënforcement .

Reinfund Re`in·fund" intransitive verb [ Prefix re- + Latin infundere to pour in.] To flow in anew. [ Obsolete] Swift.

Reingratiate Re`in·gra"ti·ate transitive verb To ingratiate again or anew. Sir. T. Herbert.

Reinhabit Re`in·hab"it transitive verb To inhabit again. Mede.

Reinless Rein"less adjective Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or restrained.

Reins Reins (rānz) noun plural [ French rein , plural reins , from Latin ren , plural renes .] 1. The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins.

2. The inward impulses; the affections and passions; -- so called because formerly supposed to have their seat in the part of the body where the kidneys are.

My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

Prov. xxiii. 16.

I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts.

Rev. ii. 23.

Reins of a vault (Architecture) , the parts between the crown and the spring or abutment, including, and having especial reference to, the loading or filling behind the shell of the vault. The reins are to a vault nearly what the haunches are to an arch, and when a vault gives way by thrusting outward, it is because its reins are not sufficiently filled up.

Reinsert Re`in·sert" transitive verb To insert again.

Reinsertion Re`in·ser"tion noun The act of reinserting.

Reinspect Re`in·spect" transitive verb To inspect again.

Reinspection Re`in·spec"tion noun The act of reinspecting.

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