Reigle
(Rei"gle) n. [F. règle a rule, fr. L. regula. See Rule.] A hollow cut or channel for quiding anything; as,
the reigle of a side post for a flood gate. Carew.
Reigle
(Rei"gle), v. t. To regulate; to govern. [Obs.]
Reiglement
(Rei"gle*ment) n. [See Reglement.] Rule; regulation. [Obs.] Bacon. Jer. Taylor.
Reign
(Reign) n. [OE. regne, OF. reigne, regne, F. règne, fr. L. regnum, fr. rex, regis, a king, fr.
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. [Obs.] 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) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reigned (r?nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reigning.] [OE. regnen, reinen,
OF. regner, F. régner, fr. L. regnare, fr. regnum. See Reign, n.]
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) n. One who reigns. [R.]
Reillume
(Re`il*lume") v. t. 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) v. t. To enlighten again; to reillumine.
Reillumination
(Re`il*lu`mi*na"tion) n. The act or process of enlightening again.
Reillumine
(Re`il*lu"mine) v. t. To illumine again or anew; to reillume.
Reim
(Reim) n. [D. riem, akin to G riemen; CF. Gr. 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") v. t. & i. See Reëmbark.
