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reign | healthy |

As a noun reign

is the exercise of sovereign power.

As a verb reign

is to exercise sovereign power, or to rule as a monarch.

As an adjective healthy is

enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit: well.

reign

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The exercise of sovereign power.
  • England prospered under Elizabeth I.'s reign .
  • * Prior
  • Saturn's sons received the threefold reign / Of heaven, of ocean, and deep hell beneath.
  • The period during which a monarch rules.
  • The reign of Victoria was a long one.
  • The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.
  • (Spenser)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To exercise sovereign power, or to rule as a monarch
  • He reigned in an autocratic manner.

    healthy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit: well.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild
  • , title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=5 , passage=By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy -looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.}}
  • Conducive to health.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Ian Sample
  • , volume=189, issue=6, page=34, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains , passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits.  ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
  • Evincing health.
  • (label) Significant, hefty; beneficial.
  • Synonyms

    * (conducive to health) healthful

    Antonyms

    *

    Derived terms

    * *