Govern :: 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 :: Govern (v. t.) To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse..

Govern :: 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..

Govern :: Govern (v. i.) To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control.

Governability :: Governability (n.) Governableness.

Governable :: Governable (a.) Capable of being governed, or subjected to authority; controllable; manageable; obedient..

Governableness :: Governableness (n.) The quality of being governable; manageableness.

Governail :: Governail (n.) Management; mastery.

Governal :: Governal (n.) Alt. of Governai.

Governance :: Governance (n.) Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement.

Governante :: Governante (n.) A governess.

Governed :: Governed (imp. & p. p.) of Gover.

Governess :: Governess (n.) A female governor; a woman invested with authority to control and direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of children, -- usually in their homes..

Governing :: Governing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gover.

Governing :: Governing (a.) Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state..

Governing :: Governing (a.) Requiring a particular case.

Government :: Government (n.) The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government..

Government :: Government (n.) The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.

Government :: Government (n.) The right or power of governing; authority.

Government :: Government (n.) The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.

Government :: Government (n.) The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe..

Government :: Government (n.) Management of the limbs or body.

Government :: Government (n.) The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case..

Governmental :: Governmental (a.) Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties..

Governor :: Governor (n.) One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pennsylvania..

Governor :: Governor (n.) One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.

Governor :: Governor (n.) A pilot; a steersman.

Governor :: Governor (n.) A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable..

Governor General :: Governor general () A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, of India..

Governorship :: Governorship (n.) The office of a governor.

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