Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to reign
Participle: reigned
Gerund: reigning
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | reign |
| you | reign |
| he;she;it | reigns |
| we | reign |
| you | reign |
| they | reign |
Perfect
| I | have reigned |
| you | have reigned |
| he;she;it | has reigned |
| we | have reigned |
| you | have reigned |
| they | have reigned |
Past
| I | reigned |
| you | reigned |
| he;she;it | reigned |
| we | reigned |
| you | reigned |
| they | reigned |
Pluperfect
| I | had reigned |
| you | had reigned |
| he;she;it | had reigned |
| we | had reigned |
| you | had reigned |
| they | had reigned |
Future
| I | will reign |
| you | will reign |
| he;she;it | will reign |
| we | will reign |
| you | will reign |
| they | will reign |
Future Perfect
| I | will have reigned |
| you | will have reigned |
| he;she;it | will have reigned |
| we | will have reigned |
| you | will have reigned |
| they | will have reigned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | reign |
| you | reign |
| he;she;it | reign |
| we | reign |
| you | reign |
| they | reign |
Perfect
| I | have reigned |
| you | have reigned |
| he;she;it | have reigned |
| we | have reigned |
| you | have reigned |
| they | have reigned |
Imperfect
| I | reigned |
| you | reigned |
| he;she;it | reigned |
| we | reigned |
| you | reigned |
| they | reigned |
Pluperfect
| I | had reigned |
| you | had reigned |
| he;she;it | had reigned |
| we | had reigned |
| you | had reigned |
| they | had reigned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would reign |
| you | would reign |
| he;she;it | would reign |
| we | would reign |
| you | would reign |
| they | would reign |
Perfect
| I | would have reigned |
| you | would have reigned |
| he;she;it | would have reigned |
| we | would have reigned |
| you | would have reigned |
| they | would have reigned |
Imperative
| you | reign |
| we | Let's reign |
| you | reign |
Verbs conjugated like 'reign'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'reign'
deign,
feign,
raign,
reigne,
rein,
resign,
align,
bein,
design,
drein,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1225, "kingdom," from O.Fr.
reigne, from L.
regnum "kingship, dominion, rule, realm," related to
regere (see regal). Meaning "period of rule" first recorded c.1330. The verb, meaning "to hold or exercise sovereign power," is attested from c.1280, from O.Fr.
regner, from L.
regnare, from
regnum.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-s
5. Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs
6. Proto-Italic *rēks
7. Latin rēx
8. Proto-Indo-European *-nós
9. Proto-Italic *-nos
10. Latin -nus
11. Latin *rēgnusnom.
12. Latin rēgnum
13. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
14. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
15. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
16. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
17. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
18. Proto-Italic *-ājō
19. Proto-Italic *-āō
20. Latin -ō
21. Latin rēgnō, rēgnārebor.
22. Old French reignier
23. Anglo-Norman regnerbor.
24. Middle English regnen
25. English reign
26. Inherited from Middle English regnen, from Old French reignier, from the Latin verb rēgnō, and the noun rēgnum. Doublet of regnum. Displaced native Old English rīċe (“a reign”) and ricsian (“to reign”). See: Middle English '
regnen', Middle English '
regnen', Old French '
reignier'.
Verbs referencing "reign"
Ido regnar.
Sample Sentences
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For some singular reason, an impression seemed to reign among the servants generally that Missis would not be particularly disobliged by delay; and it was wonderful what a number of counter accidents occurred constantly, to retard the course of things. [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] its distant blue. There it lay, a tranquil sea or lake without water, if such a simile be admissible, with the day going down upon it: a few birds wheeling here and there: and solitude and silence reigning paramount around. But the grass was not yet high; there were bare black patches on the ground; and the few wild flowers that the eye could see, were poor and scanty. Great as the picture was, its [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] there is a _dies iræ_ coming on, sooner or later. The same thing is working in Europe, in England, and in this country. My mother used to tell me of a millennium that was coming, when Christ should reign, and all men should be free and happy. And she taught me, when I was a boy, to pray, ’ thy kingdom come. ’ Sometimes I think all this sighing, and groaning, and stirring among the dry bones [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] blessed Lord of Glory,—wan't he allays poor ? and have we, any on us, yet come so low as he come ? The Lord han't forgot us,—I 'm sartin ’ o ’ that ar ’. If we suffer with him, we shall also reign, Scripture says; but, if we deny Him, he also will deny us. Didn't they all suffer ? — the Lord and all his ? It tells how they was stoned and sawn asunder, and wandered about in sheep-skins and [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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And this, oh Africa ! latest called of nations,—called to the crown of thorns, the scourge, the bloody sweat, the cross of agony,—this is to be _thy_ victory; by this shalt thou reign with Christ when his kingdom shall come on earth.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)