Sekirov Dictionary

govern

UK /ˈɡʌv.ən/US /ˈɡʌv.ɚn/

verb 11
noun 1
forms 5

verb11

•
To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
- The old king governed the land wisely.
To exercise political authority; to run a government.
•
To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
- Chance governs the outcome of many card games.
To have or exercise a determining influence.
•
To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
- Govern yourselves like civilized people.
- a student who could not govern his impulses
To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word.
(no longer used) To handle, to manage, to oversee (a matter, an affair, a household, etc.).
(no longer used) To direct the course of, to guide in some direction, to steer.
•
(no longer used) To look after, to take care of, to tend to (someone or some plant).
- from my vncles country of Medea, Where all my youth I haue bene gouerned, […] — 1587
(no longer used) To manage, to control, to work (a tool or mechanical device).

noun1

The act of governing

forms

governed · governing · governeth · governs · governest

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