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1. (v.t.) govern
to rule by right of authority, as a sovereign does:
to govern a nation.
2. govern
to exercise a directing or restraining influence over; guide:
the motives governing a decision.
3. govern
to hold in check; control:
to govern one's temper.
4. govern
to serve as or constitute a law for:
the principles governing a case.
5. govern
(of a word or class of words) to require the use of a particular form of (another word or class).
6. govern
to regulate the speed of (an engine) with a governor.
7. (v.i.) govern
to exercise the function of government.
8. govern
to have predominating influence.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < OF gouverner < L gubernāre to steer (a ship) < Gk kybernân to steer)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern
bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
"We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
2. (verb) govern
direct or strongly influence the behavior of
"His belief in God governs his conduct"
3. (verb) govern, rule
exercise authority over; as of nations
"Who is governing the country now?"
4. (verb) govern
require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood
"most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German"
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1. (verb) govern
to manage the affairs of a country, region, city, etc.
the people elected to govern the country; Is he fit to govern?
2. govern
to affect the way sth happens or is done
The decision to continue the climb will be governed by the weather.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) govern
to direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority
2. (verb) govern
to regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse
3. (verb) govern
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
4. (verb) govern
to exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control
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Sense: to rule
The queen governed (the country) wisely and well.
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 Afrikaans: regeer |
 Arabic: يَحْكُم |
 Bulgarian: управлявам |
 Brazilian: governar |
 Czech: vládnout |
 German: regieren |
 Danish: regere; styre |
 Greek: κυβερνώ |
 Spanish: gobernar |
 Estonian: valitsema |
 Farsi: حکومت کردن |
 Finnish: hallita |
 French: gouverner |
 Hebrew: לִמשׁוֹל |
 Hindi: शासन करना |
 Croatian: voditi, upravljati |
 Hungarian: kormányoz |
 Indonesian: memerintah |
 Icelandic: stjórna |
 Italian: governare |
 Japanese: 治める |
 Korean: 지배하다 |
 Lithuanian: valdyti |
 Latvian: []valdīt; vadīt |
 Malay: memerintah |
 Dutch: regeren |
 Norwegian: styre, regjere, herske |
 Polish: rządzić |
 Persian: حکومت کردن |
 Pashto: حكومت كول، سنبالول |
 Portuguese: governar |
 Romanian: a guverna |
 Russian: править |
 Slovak: vládnuť |
 Slovenian: vladati |
 Serbian: vladati |
 Swedish: styra, regera [över] |
 Thai: ปกครอง |
 Turkish: yönetmek, idare etmek |
 Taiwanese: 統治 |
 Ukrainian: керувати, правити |
 Urdu: حکومت کرنا |
 Vietnamese: cai trị |
 Chinese: 统治 |
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