sovereignty ( g silent), so ver aine tee

[O. Fr. soverainte (Fr. souverainté ).] 1. The state or condition of a sovereign; supreme power in a State; the po e ion of supreme or uncontrollable power. "The sovereignty will fall upon Macbeth." Shakesp.: Macbeth , ii. 4. 2. Predominant power or character; supremacy. "For Jove's own tree, That holds the woods in awful sovereignty ." Dryden: Virgil; Georgic ii. 398. *3. Supreme excellence. "Of all complexions the culled sovereignty ." Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost , iv. 3. 4. Supreme medicinal efficacy. ( Shakesp .: All's Well . i. 3.) *sov -ran, a . & s. [SOVEREIGN.] chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; "He deviseth mischief continually, he soweth discord." -Proverbs vi. 14. B. In trans.: To scatter seed for growth or the production of a crop. "When he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside." Matt . xiii. 4. *sōw (2), v . t. & i. [SEW.]