govern

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To make and administer the public policy and affairs of

   To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.

   • The old king governed the land wisely.
2. 2

   To exercise political authority

   To exercise political authority; to run a government.

3. 3

   To control the actions or behavior of

   To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.

   • Govern yourselves like civilized people.
   • a student who could not govern his impulses
   • Find the strength, courage, and discipline to govern yourself or be governed by someone else.
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   1. 4

      To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.

      • Chance governs the outcome of many card games.
   2. 5

      To have or exercise a determining influence.

   3. 6

      To handle, to manage, to oversee (a matter, an affair, a household, etc.).

   4. 7

      To control the speed, flow etc. of

      To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.

      • a valve that governs fuel intake
   5. 8

      To direct the course of, to guide in some direction, to steer.

   6. 9

      To look after, to take care of, to tend to (someone or some plant).

      • from my vncles country of Medea, Where all my youth I haue bene gouerned, […]
   7. 10

      To manage, to control, to work (a tool or mechanical device).

   8. 11

      To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word.

   9. 12

      The act of governing

The neighborhood

• neighborgovernance
• neighborgoverness
• neighborgovernment
• neighborgovernor