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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sovereign \Sov"er*eign\ (? or ?; 277), 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.