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Senate :: Senate (n.) The governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and London.

Strict :: Strict (a.) Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath..

Consistory :: Consistory (n.) A church tribunal or governing body.

Leading :: Leading (n.) The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance..

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

Arbiter :: Arbiter (n.) Any person who has the power of judging and determining, or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited..

Placet :: Placet (n.) A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, of an ecclesiastical council, etc..

Rule :: Rule (a.) That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket..

Gubernation :: Gubernation (n.) The act of governing; governmen.

Hinge :: Hinge (n.) That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned..

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

Gerund :: Gerund (n.) A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle..

Regent :: Regent (a.) Ruling; governing; regnant.

Regulate :: Regulate (v. t.) To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws..

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

Bencher :: Bencher (n.) One of the senior and governing members of an Inn of Court.

Control :: Control (v. t.) To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.

Gubernative :: Gubernative (a.) Governing.

To :: To (prep.) As sign of the infinitive, to had originally the use of last defined, governing the infinitive as a verbal noun, and connecting it as indirect object with a preceding verb or adjective; thus, ready to go, i.e., ready unto going; good to eat, i.e., good for eating; I do my utmost to lead my life pleasantly. But it has come to be the almost constant prefix to the infinitive, even in situations where it has no prepositional meaning, as where the infinitive is direct object or subject; th

Ascendency :: Ascendency (n.) Governing or controlling influence; domination; power.

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