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regal
1. adj. Of or having to do with royalty.
regal authority; the regal title
2. adj. Befitting a king, queen, emperor, or empress.
3. n. (musical instruments) A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the sixteenth and
4. n. An organ stop of the reed family, furnished with a normal beating reed, but whose resonator is a fraction of its natural length. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries these stops took a multitude
authority
1. n. The power to enforce rules or give orders.
I have the authority to penalise the staff in my department, but not the authority to sack them.
She lost all her respect and authority after turning up drunk to the meeting.
Respect my authority!
2. n. (used in singular or plural form) Persons in command; specifically, government.
3. n. A person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject.
the world's foremost authority on orangutans
4. n. Government-owned agency which runs a revenue-generating activity.
New York Port Authority

the
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
The street that runs through my hometown.
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
God save the Queen!
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
That was the best apple pie ever.
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
That apple pie was the best.
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
No one in the whole country had seen it before.
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
The hotter the better.
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
regal
1. adj. Of or having to do with royalty.
regal authority; the regal title
2. adj. Befitting a king, queen, emperor, or empress.
3. n. (musical instruments) A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the sixteenth and
4. n. An organ stop of the reed family, furnished with a normal beating reed, but whose resonator is a fraction of its natural length. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries these stops took a multitude
title
1. n. A prefix (honorific) or suffix (post-nominal) added to a person's name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification. See also :
2. n. (legal) Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.
a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title
3. n. In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
4. n. A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
5. n. The name of a book, film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.
I know the singer's name, but not the title of the song.
6. n. A publication.
The retailer carries thousands of titles.
Buyers of the new video game console can choose from three bundled titles.
7. n. A section or division of a subject, as of a law or a book.
8. n. (mostly, in the plural) A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.
The titles scrolled by too quickly to read.
9. n. (bookbinding) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
10. n. The subject of a writing; a short phrase that summarizes the entire topic.
11. n. A division of an act of law
Title II of the USA PATRIOT Act
12. n. (sports) The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.
13. v. To assign a title to; to entitle.

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