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Cosovereign
Cosovereign Co*sov"er*eign (k?-s?v"?r-?n or k?-s?v"-), n.
A joint sovereign.
Foreigner
Foreigner For"eign*er, 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.
Joy is such a foreigner, So mere a stranger to my
thoughts. --Denham.
Nor could the majesty of the English crown appear in a
greater luster, either to foreigners or subjects.
--Swift.
Foreignism
Foreignism For"eign*ism, n.
Anything peculiar to a foreign language or people; a foreign
idiom or custom.
It is a pity to see the technicalities of the so-called
liberal professions distigured by foreignisms.
--Fitzed.
Hall.
Foreignness
Foreignness For"eign*ness, n.
The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation or
appropriateness.
Let not the foreignness of the subject hinder you from
endeavoring to set me right. --Locke.
A foreignness of complexion. --G. Eliot.
Interreign
Interreign In"ter*reign`, n. [Cf. F. interr[`e]gne.]
An interregnum. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Outreign
Outreign Out*reign", v. t.
To go beyond in reigning; to reign through the whole of, or
longer than. [R.] --Spenser.
Preignition
Preignition Pre`ig*ni"tion, n. (Engin.)
Ignition in an internal-combustion engine while the inlet
valve is open or before compression is completed.
Reign of TerrorTerror Ter"ror, n. [L. terror, akin to terrere to frighten,
for tersere; akin to Gr. ? to flee away, dread, Skr. tras to
tremble, to be afraid, Russ. triasti to shake: cf. F.
terreur. Cf. Deter.]
1. Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent
dread; fright.
Terror seized the rebel host. --Milton.
2. That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.
Those enormous terrors of the Nile. --Prior.
Rulers are not a terror to good works. --Rom. xiii.
3.
There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats.
--Shak.
Note: Terror is used in the formation of compounds which are
generally self-explaining: as, terror-fraught,
terror-giving, terror-smitten, terror-stricken,
terror-struck, and the like.
King of terrors, death. --Job xviii. 14.
Reign of Terror. (F. Hist.) See in Dictionary of Noted
Names in Fiction.
Syn: Alarm; fright; consternation; dread; dismay. See
Alarm. Reigner
Reigner Reign"er (r?n"?r), n.
One who reigns. [R.]
Rereign
Rereign Re*reign" (r?-r?n"), v. i.
To reign again.
SovereignSovereign Sov"er*eign (? or ?; 277), n.
1. The person, body, or state in which independent and
supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a
king, queen, or emperor.
No question is to be made but that the bed of the
Mississippi belongs to the sovereign, that is, to
the nation. --Jefferson.
2. A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the
head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at
one pound sterling, or about $4.86.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or
genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
Syn: King; prince; monarch; potentate; emperor. SovereignSovereign Sov"er*eign (? or ?; 277), 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.]
1. Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others;
chief; as, our sovereign prince.
2. Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing,
or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a
sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.
3. Princely; royal. ``Most sovereign name.' --Shak.
At Babylon was his sovereign see. --Chaucer.
4. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good.
--Hooker.
5. Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling;
as, a sovereign remedy. --Dryden.
Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the
regulation of the lives and actions of men. --South.
Sovereign state, a state which administers its own
government, and is not dependent upon, or subject to,
another power. Sovereign stateSovereign Sov"er*eign (? or ?; 277), 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.]
1. Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others;
chief; as, our sovereign prince.
2. Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing,
or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a
sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.
3. Princely; royal. ``Most sovereign name.' --Shak.
At Babylon was his sovereign see. --Chaucer.
4. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good.
--Hooker.
5. Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling;
as, a sovereign remedy. --Dryden.
Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the
regulation of the lives and actions of men. --South.
Sovereign state, a state which administers its own
government, and is not dependent upon, or subject to,
another power. Sovereignize
Sovereignize Sov"er*eign*ize, v. i.
To exercise supreme authority. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert.
Sovereignly
Sovereignly Sov"er*eign*ly, adv.
In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely.
--Chaucer.
Squatter sovereigntySquatter Squat"ter, n.
1. One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully
upon land without a title. In the United States and
Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person
who settles lawfully upon government land under permission
and restrictions, before acquiring title.
In such a tract, squatters and trespassers were
tolerated to an extent now unknown. --Macaulay.
2. (Zo["o]l.) See Squat snipe, under Squat.
Squatter sovereignty, the right claimed by the squatters,
or actual residents, of a Territory of the United States
to make their own laws. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
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