raign

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A form of rain — Condensed water falling from a cloud.

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Meanings

nounraign (countable and uncountable, plural raigns)

plural raigns

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of rain.
  2. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of reign.
verbraign (third-person singular simple present raigns, present participle raigning, simple past and past participle raigned)

present singular third person raigns · participle present raigning · participle past raigned · past raigned

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of rain.
  2. obsoleteObsolete spelling of reign.

    […] though he could not in money and riches come to be like vnto other kinges (bicauſe the ſlaues and factors onely of the kinges Seleucus and Ptolomy, had more money then all the kings of Sparta had together that euer raigned) […]

    1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “Agis and Cleomenes”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, […], London: […] Richard Field, →OCLC, page 851

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

grainnigraRaginAringagrinGairnRiangRiganngariraing
Cite this entry
APA

raign. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raign

MLA

“raign.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raign. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “raign,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raign.

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