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  1. governsverb

    Verb form of the word govern.

    He governs with love, understanding and a sense of justice and fairness we are delighted.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 10, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of governs in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of governs in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of governs in a Sentence

  1. Craig Hall:

    We worked very closely with them on the (new) language, the administrative rule has the same effect as law, and it governs all licensed therapists and doctors.

  2. Hamdeen Sabahy:

    The core of what we are offering is alternatives to how Egypt is governed, not who governs Egypt.

  3. Robert Corn-Revere:

    It reaffirms that the rule of law governs local law enforcement officials, no matter how convinced they are of their own rightness, the sheriff's naked threat of government power did not fool the court.

  4. Henry David Thoreau:

    That government is best which governs least.

  5. Edmund Burke:

    There is but one law for all, namely, that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity -- the law of nature, and of nations.

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    an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger
    A lank
    B repugnant
    C splay
    D flabby

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