(a) Of a person: outstanding in some respect, excellent; distinguished, renowned, worthy; ben soverain, to be preeminent; ben soverain to his plesaunce, be very pleasing to him; (b) of something, a……

(a) Factually accurate, consistent with reality, properly representing the truth; of faith: true; also, orthodox (b) true to an original, truly representative; of an example, analogy, a dictum: apt;……

(a) Without contents, empty; also fig. and in fig. context; of a river: empty of water, etc.; of a pen: empty of ink (b) of the stomach or part of the intestinal tract: without food, empty; of the……