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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. Susan Sontag:

    Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt.

  2. Benjamin Franklin, In response to the situation of the colonists:

    Passion governs, and she never governs wisely.

  3. John Selden:

    A glorious Church is like a magnificent feast; there is all the variety that may be, but every one chooses out a dish or two that he likes, and lets the rest alone: how glorious soever the Church is, every one chooses out of it his own religion, by which he governs himself, and lets the rest alone.

  4. Craig Hall:

    The administrative rule has the same effect as law, and it governs all licensed therapists and doctors.

  5. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus:

    This Being of mine, whatever it really is, consists of a little flesh, a little breath, and the part which governs.

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