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Having the chief power; ruling; predominant; prevalent. "A traitor to the vices regnant." Swift.

Hence, to be predominant; to prevail. "Pestilent diseases which commonly reign in summer." Bacon.

Predominant; chief; reigning; controlling; as, a ruling passion; a ruling sovereign.

Born under the predominant influence of the sun. [Obs.] And proud beside, as solar people are. Dryden.

Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount. We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good. Hooker.

uring one to do a criminal or bad action, as by bribes or persuasion. Foul subornation is predominant. Shak. The sort of chicanery attending the subornation of managers in the Leibnitz controversy. De Quinsey.

the Lord's. Rom. xiv. 8. But whether thus these things, or whether not; Whether the sun, predominant in heaven, Rise on the earth, or earth rise on the sun, . . . Solicit not thy thoughts with matters hid. Milton. Whether or no, in either case; in any case; as, I will go whether or no. -- Whether that, whether. Shak.…

The quality of being worldly; a predominant passion for obtaining the good things of this life; covetousness; addictedness to gain and temporal enjoyments; worldly-mindedness.

öl.), any one of several species of American warblers of the genus Dendroica in which the predominant color is yellow, especially D. æstiva, which is a very abundant and familiar species; -- called also garden warbler, golden warbler, summer yellowbird, summer warbler, and yellow-poll warbler. -- Yellow wash (Pharm.),…