reign-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: Have sovereign power (over something or someone).

Examples:
President Carlos Salinas de Gortari reigned for 28 years.
May the Queen reign forever!
I reign over my home office like a king.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: Leadership
PropBank: reign.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: Be larger in number, quantity, power, status, or importance, without personally having sovereign power.

Examples:
Money reigns supreme here.
Hispanics reign as the largest population in the city.
The Blue Whale reigns as the biggest animal on Earth.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2