Of a person: to hold or exercise the sovereign power or authority in a monarchical state; to rule or… intransitive. Without prepositional complement…

intransitive. To reign.

to sit on the (also one's) throne: to hold the position of ruler, to reign.

to wield the (also a, one's) sceptre and variants: to exercise supreme authority; to reign, rule. Also figurative. Cf. to sway the sceptre at sway, v.…

intransitive. To perform the office or adopt the role of monarch; to rule as a monarch; to rule absolutely. Obsolete.

intransitive. To rule as a monarch. Obsolete. rare.

intransitive and transitive with it. To rule as a monarch; to play the king. Obsolete.

intransitive. To occupy a throne; to rule or exercise authority as a monarch, bishop, god, etc.; (in extended use) to sit as if on a throne. Also…

intransitive, and transitive with it. To behave like a monarch; to act autocratically. Cf. monarchize, v. 1b. Now rare.

intransitive. To exercise supreme power; to rule as a sovereign. (Common in 17th cent.)