sovereign
Part of speech: adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English sovereyn, from Old French soverain (whence also modern French souverain), from Vulgar Latin *superānus (compare Italian sovrano, Spanish soberano) from Latin super (“above”). Spelling influenced by folk-etymology association with reign. Doublet of soprano, from the same Latin root via Italian. Doublet of souverain. See also suzerain, foreign.
Inflected forms:
form: more sovereign
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most sovereign
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: soveraign
pos: adj
tags: alternative
archaic
form: soveraigne
pos: adj
tags: alternative
archaic
form: sovran
pos: adj
tags: alternative
archaic
form: sovring
pos: adj
tags: alternative
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form: sovrin
pos: adj
tags: alternative
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form: sovereigns
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: sovereigning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: sovereigned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: sovereigned
pos: verb
tags: past
form: soveraign
pos: verb
tags: alternative
archaic
form: soveraigne
pos: verb
tags: alternative
archaic
form: sovran
pos: verb
tags: alternative
archaic
form: sovring
pos: verb
tags: alternative
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form: sovrin
pos: verb
tags: alternative
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Senses:
gloss: Exercising power of rule.
pos: adj
examples: sovereign nation
gloss: Exceptional in quality.
pos: adj
examples: Her voice was her sovereign talent.
gloss: Extremely potent or effective (of a medicine, remedy etc.).
pos: adj
tags: archaic
examples: The ſoueraigne weede betwixt two marbles plaine
 She pownded ſmall, and did in peeces bruze,
 And then atweene her lilly handes twaine,
 Into his wound the iuyce thereof did ſcruze […]
[…] God save the mark!—
And telling me the sovereign’st thing on earth
Was parmaceti for an inward bruise;
Homer of Moly and Nepenthe singes:
 Moly, the gods most soveraigne hearbe divine.
 Nepenth Hellen's drink, which gladnes brings,—
 Hart's greife repells, and doth yᵉ witts refine.
a sovereign remedy
Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the regulation of the lives and actions of men.
In Spain people still bathe in the sea or roll naked in the dew of the meadows on St. John’s Eve, believing that this is a sovereign preservative against diseases of the skin.
gloss: Having supreme, ultimate power.
pos: adj
examples: Gentlemen, may I introduce Her Royal Highness, the Sovereign and Most Imperial Majesty, Empress Elizabeth of Vicron.
You're the keeper of the castle
 So be a father to your children
 The provider of all their daily needs
 Like a sovereign Lord protector
 Be their destiny's director
 And they'll do well to follow where you lead.
gloss: Princely; royal.
pos: adj
examples: You pity not the state, nor the remembrance of his most sovereign name.
gloss: Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
pos: adj
examples: We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good.
gloss: To rule over as a sovereign.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: autonomous
supreme
Derived words: cosovereign
intersovereign
intrasovereign
nonsovereign
omnisovereign
sovereign bond
sovereign citizen
sovereign debt
sovereigndom
sovereigness
sovereignhood
sovereign immunity
sovereignism
sovereignist
sovereignization
sovereignize
sovereignly
sovereignness
sovereign ring
sovereignship
sovereign state
sovereign territory
sovereign wealth fund
undersovereign
unsovereign
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