Govern(v. i.) To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control.
Govern(v. t.) To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority.
Govern(v. t.) To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse.
Govern(v. t.) To require to be in a particular case; as, a transitive verb governs a noun in the objective case; or to require (a particular case); as, a transitive verb governs the objective case.
Governability(n.) Governableness.
Governable(a.) Capable of being governed, or subjected to authority; controllable; manageable; obedient.
Governableness(n.) The quality of being governable; manageableness.
Governal(n.) Alt. of Governail
Governance(n.) Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement.
Governed(imp. & p. p.) of Govern
Governing(a.) Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state.
Governing(a.) Requiring a particular case.
Governing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Govern
Government(n.) The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.
Government(n.) The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.
Government(n.) The right or power of governing; authority.
Government(n.) The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.
Government(n.) The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.
Government(n.) Management of the limbs or body.
Government(n.) The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.
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