n. A joint sovereign. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OE. forein, F. forain, LL. foraneus, fr. L. foras, foris, out of doors, abroad, without; akin to fores doors, and E. door. See Door, and cf. Foreclose, Forfeit, Forest, Forum. ]
Hail, foreign wonder!
Whom certain these rough shades did never breed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
This design is not foreign from some people's thoughts. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
Kept him a foreign man still; which so grieved him,
That he ran mad and died. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Foreign attachment (Law),
Foreign bill,
Foreign body (Med.),
Foreign office,
adj. born in another area or country than that lived in; -- of persons.
n. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Joy is such a foreigner,
So mere a stranger to my thoughts. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]
Nor could the majesty of the English crown appear in a greater luster, either to foreigners or subjects. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Anything peculiar to a foreign language or people; a foreign idiom or custom. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is a pity to see the technicalities of the so-called liberal professions distigured by foreignisms. Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation or appropriateness. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let not the foreignness of the subject hinder you from endeavoring to set me right. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
A foreignness of complexion. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. interrègne. ] An interregnum. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To go beyond in reigning; to reign through the whole of, or longer than. [ R. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Engin.) Ignition in an internal-combustion engine while the inlet valve is open or before compression is completed. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ OE. regne, OF. reigne, regne, F. règne, fr. L. regnum, fr. rex, regis, a king, fr. regere to guide, rule. See Regal, Regimen. ]
He who like a father held his reign. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Saturn's sons received the threefold reign
Of heaven, of ocean, and deep hell beneath. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ God ] him bereft the regne that he had. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
We will not have this man to reign over us. Luke xix. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]
Shall Banquo's issue ever
Reign in this kingdom? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body. Rom. vi. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who reigns. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To reign again. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OE. soverain, sovereyn, OF. 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 reign. ]
At Babylon was his sovereign see. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
We acknowledge him [ God ] our sovereign good. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the regulation of the lives and actions of men. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sovereign state,
n.
No question is to be made but that the bed of the Mississippi belongs to the sovereign, that is, to the nation. Jefferson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To exercise supreme authority. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
Woman desiren to have sovereignty
As well over their husband as over their love. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]