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Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; -- often used as a name.

bling an ogre; having the character or appearance of an ogre; suitable for an ogre. "An ogreish kind of jocularity." Dickens.

The character or manners of an ogre.

See Oroide.

To go beyond in reigning; to reign through the whole of, or longer than. [R.] Spenser.

To put too much freight in or upon; to load too full, or too heavily; to overload.

Ignition in an internal-combustion engine while the inlet valve is open or before compression is completed.

Having no sign expressive of quantity; indefinite. See Predesignate.

To render indisposed beforehand. Milman.

To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More.

Previous intimation; a suggestion beforehand. T. Scott.

To reiterate many times. [R.] "My re-reiterated wish." Tennyson.

To reign again.

A mineral occurring in steel-gray flexible folia. It contains iron, nickel, and phosphorus, and is found only in meteoric iron.

A mist, or very fine rain, which sometimes falls from a clear sky a few moments after sunset. Tyndall.

Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince.

To exercise supreme authority. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.

In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely. Chaucer.

The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into many sovereignties. Woman desiren to have sovereignty As well over their…

See 2nd Strait. [Obs.]