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- English Word Govern Definition To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse.
- English Word Govern Definition 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.
- English Word Govern Definition To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control.
- English Word Governability Definition Governableness.
- English Word Governable Definition Capable of being governed, or subjected to authority; controllable; manageable; obedient.
- English Word Governableness Definition The quality of being governable; manageableness.
- English Word Governail Definition Management; mastery.
- English Word Governal Definition Alt. of Governail
- English Word Governance Definition Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement.
- English Word Governante Definition A governess.
- English Word Governed Definition of Govern
- English Word Governess Definition 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.
- English Word Governing Definition of Govern
- English Word Governing Definition Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state.
- English Word Governing Definition Requiring a particular case.
- English Word Government Definition The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.
- English Word Government Definition The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.
- English Word Government Definition The right or power of governing; authority.
- English Word Government Definition The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.
- English Word Government Definition The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.
- English Word Government Definition Management of the limbs or body.
- English Word Government Definition The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.
- English Word Governmental Definition Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties.
- English Word Governor Definition 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.
- English Word Governor Definition One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.
- English Word Governor Definition A pilot; a steersman.
- English Word Governor Definition A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable.
- English Word Governor general Definition A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, of India.
- English Word Governorship Definition The office of a governor.
- English Word Gowan Definition The daisy, or mountain daisy.