Southwestern
(South`west"ern) a. Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail a southwestern
course.
Southwestward
(South`west"ward South`west"ward*ly), adv. Toward the southwest.
Souvenance
(Sou"ve*nance So"ve*naunce) n. [F. souvenance.] Remembrance. [Obs.]
Of his way he had no sovenance.
Spenser. Souvenir
(Sou`ve*nir) n. [F., fr. souvenir to remember, fr. L. subvenire to come up, come to mind; sub
under + venire to come, akin to E. come. See Come, and cf. Subvention.] That which serves as a
reminder; a remembrancer; a memento; a keepsake.
Sovereign
(Sov"er*eign) a. [OE. soverain, sovereyn, OF. soverain, suvrain, F. souverain, LL. superanus,
fr. L. superus that is above, upper, higher, fr. super above. See Over, Super, and cf. Soprano. The
modern spelling is due to a supposed connection with reign.]
1. Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince.
2. Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as,
a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.
3. Princely; royal. "Most sovereign name." Shak.
At Babylon was his sovereign see.
Chaucer. 4. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good.
Hooker. 5. Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy. Dryden.
Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the regulation of the lives and actions of men.
South. Sovereign state, a state which administers its own government, and is not dependent upon, or subject
to, another power.
Sovereign
(Sov"er*eign) n.
1. The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a
monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor.
No question is to be made but that the bed of the Mississippi belongs to the sovereign, that is, to the
nation.
Jefferson. 2. A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the head of the reigning king or queen is stamped,
valued at one pound sterling, or about $4.86.
3. (Zoöl.) Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
Syn. — King; prince; monarch; potentate; emperor.
Sovereignize
(Sov"er*eign*ize) v. i. To exercise supreme authority. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
Sovereignly
(Sov"er*eign*ly), adv. In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely. Chaucer.
