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Govern
GOV'ERN, v.t. [L. guberno. The L. guberno seems to be a compound.]
1. To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority; to keep within the limits prescribed by law or sovereign will. Thus in free states, men are governed by the constitution and laws; in despotic states, men are governed by the edicts or commands of a monarch. Every man should govern well his own family.
2. To regulate; to influence; to direct. This is the chief point by which he is to govern all his counsels and actions.
3. To control; to restrain; to keep in due subjection; as, to govern the passions or temper.
4. To direct; to steer; to regulate the course or motion of a ship. The helm or the helmsman governs the ship.
5. In grammar, to require to be in a particular case; as, a verb transitive governs a word in the accusative case; or to require a particular case; as, a verb governs the accusative case.
GOV'ERN, v.i. To exercise authority; to administer the laws. The chief magistrate should govern with impartiality.
1. To maintain the superiority; to have the control.
govern appears in definitions for these words:
Abbacy Abbess Abbey Abbot Absolute Abuse Abyssinians Accelerate Accrue Accuser Adelantado Administer Administered Administerial Administration Administratrix Admiral Affair Affected After Alcaid Algerine Alien All-ruling Allegiance Amenable Amnesty Anarchic Anarchy Ancient Animal Annuity Another Answer Antiamerican Antidemocratic Antimetathesis Antiministerial Antimonarchical Antirevolutionary Antirevolutionist Antithesis Application Approach Arbiter Arbitrary Arbitrator Archgovernor Aristarchy Aristocracy Aristocrat Aristocratic Armed Ascendency Assault Auctioneer Auriga Authority Autocrasy Autocrat Autocrator Autonomous Autonomy Bad Banish Banishment Bashaw Be Before Beg Beglerbeg Behave Bencher Beneath Better Bey Bigot Bishop Bishopric Body Borough-master Botch Bound Bridle Bridler Bring Brownist Budget Burgomaster Burgrave Business Cabinet Caliphate Canon Canton Capital Capitol Captainship Castellan Casting-voice Castlery Caution Cede Chair Chancellor Change Charter Chatellany Check Chieftainry Church Churchdom Circuit City Civil Civilian Civilly Club-law Cluster Coin College Colonial Combination Command Commanded Commandning Commissioner Common Common-council Commonweal Commonwealthsman Communication Conduct Congregational Congregationalism Congregationalist Congress Conquer Conscientious Consequent Conspiracy Constitution Constitutional Constitutionalist Constitutionality Constitutionally Constructively Consul Contractor Controll Controlled Controller Convention Conversion Convincing Could Council Counsel Counselor Cozen Credentials Crown Currency Dealing Debenture Decree Default Democracy Democrat Democratic Demonocracy Depart Deprave Derogatory Despotism Destroy Destruction Dey Dictate Diocese Direct Directed Directing Direction Director Directrix Disaffected Disaffection Disciplinable Disciplinary Discipline Disease Disorganization Disorganize Dispensation Disposal Dispose Disposing Disquisition Dissent Dissolution Dissolve District Dition Divinity Domain Dominant Dominate Dominated Domination Dominative Dominator Dominion Drift Duenna Duty Duumvirate Dynast Dynasty Earl Ecclesiastic Economy Edituate Eld Elect Elector Emanate Emission Empire Employment Empress Encroach End Enormity Enthusiasm Envoy Eparch Eparchy Episcopacy Episcopal Episcopalian Esquire Establishment Estate Eunomy Exarch Excellence Exchequer Exclamation Executive Exequatur Expedition Expel Expository Faction Factious Factiousness Faithful Farm Fearfulness Federal Fellow-subject Fidelity Finances Fine Fiscal Fix For Foreign Forest Form Forsooth Found Foundation Frame Franchise Free Freechapel Fund Geography Going Govern Governable Governance Governant Governing Government Governmental Governor Governorship Grudge Guaranty Gubernate Gubernation Gubernative Gubernatorial Guidable Guidance Guild Gynarchy Hand Hard-mouthed Harmost Hearty Helm Henpecked Heptarchic Heptarchy Heterarchy Hierarchical Hierarchy High Hinge History Hold Honor Humorous Identify Ill Imperial Importance Impose Impost Inadequate Incapability Incivism Include Incontrollable Incorporate Increase Indelible Indent Independence Independent Industrious Infer Infirmity Inform Inhabitant Inscrutably Institution Insubjection Insurgent Insurrection Interest Interregnum Interrex Intractable Intrigue Irredeemable Jacobin Jacobinic Jacobinism Janizarian Jealousy Judge Judgment Judgment-day Judiciary Junto Jurisdiction Kalifate Keep Keystone Khan Kind King Kingcraft Kingdom Kingly Last Law Lead Letter Liberty Like Limit Limitation List Lord Magistrate Malcontent Malcontented Malcontentedness Manage Manageable Manageableness Managed Managing Mandarin Master Mastery Match Mechanicalness Message Metropolis Minister Ministry Misgovern Misgovernance Misgoverned Mistress Model Monarch Monarchic Monarchize Monarchy Monopoly Mouthed Mutineer Mutiny Mysterious Narrows Nation Negative Negotiation Neutralize Nome Nomination Non-juring Non-juror Notify Obedience Obey Ochlocracy Odium Office Oligarchal Oligrachy Omnium Oppressive Order Ordinary Organ Organization Organize Originate Otter Over Overmaster Overrule Overruler Packet Palatine Parental Parry Parse Party Pashaw Passive Passy-measure Path Patriarch Pension Pensionary Pensioner Pentarchy Permanence Permanently Pertain Pique Placard Place Place-man Plan Platform Plot Poison Police Policy Political Politically Politician Politics Polity Polytheism Pontificality Popular Power Pragmatic Precedence Predestination Prefect Prelatist Premium Preposition Preposterous Prerogative Presbyterial Presbyterianism Presbytery Preside President Pretor Priestridden Prince Principal Principle Prior Priorate Privateer Privilege Privy Proclamation Proconsul Proconsular Produce Profuse Proprietary Prorogue Prostrate Protectorate Proud Provide Province Provincial Provision Provisional Proxy Punishment Puritan Purple Qualification Qualified Raise Re-elect Reach Realm Reason Reasonable Reasonably Rebel Rebelling Rebellion Rebellious Rebelliously Rector Rectress Redeemable Redress Reduction Reform Regal Regel Regent Regentship Regible Regimen Regiment Regular Regulation Reign Reigning Rein Relax Reliance Religion Remedy Repent Replace Republican Republicanism Resolution Respectable Reverence Revolt Revolution Revolutionary Revolutionist Revolutionize Rick Riding Right Rime Rise Rising Rota Royalism Royalist Rudder Ruin Rule Ruled Ruler Ruling Run Salary Sanctify Sangiac Sap Satrap Satrapy Saturnian Schoolmistress Secretary Secular Self-willed Senate Seraglio Set Settle Severe Severity Sheep Shepherd Signify Sink Sinking Situation Soul Stability Stable Stably Stadtholder Stamp Standing State Statesman Statist Steer Steerage Steerage-way Steered Steering Stock Stoic Stratocracy Strict Strongly Subahdar Subject Subjection Subjugate Submission Subordination Subversion Subvert Successor Supple Support Suppress Supreme Sway Swayed Sword-law Sworn Symptom Syndic Syndicate Syntax System Tacit Tally Tanist Tarantulate Tarif Tax Taxation Tear Temper Tenure Territory Tetrarch Thearchy Theocracy Theocraticical Theology Theorist Thought Timocracy Toparchy Tory Tractable Transfer Treason Treasury Treaty-making Tribe Triumvirate Tutor Tutoress Tyrannic Tyrannize Tyranny Uncontrolled Under Ungovernable Ungovernably Ungoverned Unmanageable Unplaced Unpolicied Unruled Unswayable Untractableness Unworthy Upon Usage Venal Verity Vice-legate Viceroy Vicious Viciousness Virtually Visibly Visor Waiwode Warrant Way Waywode Weak Weave Weight Welfare What Whiggarchy Wield Willful Zemindar
Abbacy Abbess Abbey Abbot Absolute Abuse Abyssinians Accelerate Accrue Accuser Adelantado Administer Administered Administerial Administration Administratrix Admiral Affair Affected After Alcaid Algerine Alien All-ruling Allegiance Amenable Amnesty Anarchic Anarchy Ancient Animal Annuity Another Answer Antiamerican Antidemocratic Antimetathesis Antiministerial Antimonarchical Antirevolutionary Antirevolutionist Antithesis Application Approach Arbiter Arbitrary Arbitrator Archgovernor Aristarchy Aristocracy Aristocrat Aristocratic Armed Ascendency Assault Auctioneer Auriga Authority Autocrasy Autocrat Autocrator Autonomous Autonomy Bad Banish Banishment Bashaw Be Before Beg Beglerbeg Behave Bencher Beneath Better Bey Bigot Bishop Bishopric Body Borough-master Botch Bound Bridle Bridler Bring Brownist Budget Burgomaster Burgrave Business Cabinet Caliphate Canon Canton Capital Capitol Captainship Castellan Casting-voice Castlery Caution Cede Chair Chancellor Change Charter Chatellany Check Chieftainry Church Churchdom Circuit City Civil Civilian Civilly Club-law Cluster Coin College Colonial Combination Command Commanded Commandning Commissioner Common Common-council Commonweal Commonwealthsman Communication Conduct Congregational Congregationalism Congregationalist Congress Conquer Conscientious Consequent Conspiracy Constitution Constitutional Constitutionalist Constitutionality Constitutionally Constructively Consul Contractor Controll Controlled Controller Convention Conversion Convincing Could Council Counsel Counselor Cozen Credentials Crown Currency Dealing Debenture Decree Default Democracy Democrat Democratic Demonocracy Depart Deprave Derogatory Despotism Destroy Destruction Dey Dictate Diocese Direct Directed Directing Direction Director Directrix Disaffected Disaffection Disciplinable Disciplinary Discipline Disease Disorganization Disorganize Dispensation Disposal Dispose Disposing Disquisition Dissent Dissolution Dissolve District Dition Divinity Domain Dominant Dominate Dominated Domination Dominative Dominator Dominion Drift Duenna Duty Duumvirate Dynast Dynasty Earl Ecclesiastic Economy Edituate Eld Elect Elector Emanate Emission Empire Employment Empress Encroach End Enormity Enthusiasm Envoy Eparch Eparchy Episcopacy Episcopal Episcopalian Esquire Establishment Estate Eunomy Exarch Excellence Exchequer Exclamation Executive Exequatur Expedition Expel Expository Faction Factious Factiousness Faithful Farm Fearfulness Federal Fellow-subject Fidelity Finances Fine Fiscal Fix For Foreign Forest Form Forsooth Found Foundation Frame Franchise Free Freechapel Fund Geography Going Govern Governable Governance Governant Governing Government Governmental Governor Governorship Grudge Guaranty Gubernate Gubernation Gubernative Gubernatorial Guidable Guidance Guild Gynarchy Hand Hard-mouthed Harmost Hearty Helm Henpecked Heptarchic Heptarchy Heterarchy Hierarchical Hierarchy High Hinge History Hold Honor Humorous Identify Ill Imperial Importance Impose Impost Inadequate Incapability Incivism Include Incontrollable Incorporate Increase Indelible Indent Independence Independent Industrious Infer Infirmity Inform Inhabitant Inscrutably Institution Insubjection Insurgent Insurrection Interest Interregnum Interrex Intractable Intrigue Irredeemable Jacobin Jacobinic Jacobinism Janizarian Jealousy Judge Judgment Judgment-day Judiciary Junto Jurisdiction Kalifate Keep Keystone Khan Kind King Kingcraft Kingdom Kingly Last Law Lead Letter Liberty Like Limit Limitation List Lord Magistrate Malcontent Malcontented Malcontentedness Manage Manageable Manageableness Managed Managing Mandarin Master Mastery Match Mechanicalness Message Metropolis Minister Ministry Misgovern Misgovernance Misgoverned Mistress Model Monarch Monarchic Monarchize Monarchy Monopoly Mouthed Mutineer Mutiny Mysterious Narrows Nation Negative Negotiation Neutralize Nome Nomination Non-juring Non-juror Notify Obedience Obey Ochlocracy Odium Office Oligarchal Oligrachy Omnium Oppressive Order Ordinary Organ Organization Organize Originate Otter Over Overmaster Overrule Overruler Packet Palatine Parental Parry Parse Party Pashaw Passive Passy-measure Path Patriarch Pension Pensionary Pensioner Pentarchy Permanence Permanently Pertain Pique Placard Place Place-man Plan Platform Plot Poison Police Policy Political Politically Politician Politics Polity Polytheism Pontificality Popular Power Pragmatic Precedence Predestination Prefect Prelatist Premium Preposition Preposterous Prerogative Presbyterial Presbyterianism Presbytery Preside President Pretor Priestridden Prince Principal Principle Prior Priorate Privateer Privilege Privy Proclamation Proconsul Proconsular Produce Profuse Proprietary Prorogue Prostrate Protectorate Proud Provide Province Provincial Provision Provisional Proxy Punishment Puritan Purple Qualification Qualified Raise Re-elect Reach Realm Reason Reasonable Reasonably Rebel Rebelling Rebellion Rebellious Rebelliously Rector Rectress Redeemable Redress Reduction Reform Regal Regel Regent Regentship Regible Regimen Regiment Regular Regulation Reign Reigning Rein Relax Reliance Religion Remedy Repent Replace Republican Republicanism Resolution Respectable Reverence Revolt Revolution Revolutionary Revolutionist Revolutionize Rick Riding Right Rime Rise Rising Rota Royalism Royalist Rudder Ruin Rule Ruled Ruler Ruling Run Salary Sanctify Sangiac Sap Satrap Satrapy Saturnian Schoolmistress Secretary Secular Self-willed Senate Seraglio Set Settle Severe Severity Sheep Shepherd Signify Sink Sinking Situation Soul Stability Stable Stably Stadtholder Stamp Standing State Statesman Statist Steer Steerage Steerage-way Steered Steering Stock Stoic Stratocracy Strict Strongly Subahdar Subject Subjection Subjugate Submission Subordination Subversion Subvert Successor Supple Support Suppress Supreme Sway Swayed Sword-law Sworn Symptom Syndic Syndicate Syntax System Tacit Tally Tanist Tarantulate Tarif Tax Taxation Tear Temper Tenure Territory Tetrarch Thearchy Theocracy Theocraticical Theology Theorist Thought Timocracy Toparchy Tory Tractable Transfer Treason Treasury Treaty-making Tribe Triumvirate Tutor Tutoress Tyrannic Tyrannize Tyranny Uncontrolled Under Ungovernable Ungovernably Ungoverned Unmanageable Unplaced Unpolicied Unruled Unswayable Untractableness Unworthy Upon Usage Venal Verity Vice-legate Viceroy Vicious Viciousness Virtually Visibly Visor Waiwode Warrant Way Waywode Weak Weave Weight Welfare What Whiggarchy Wield Willful Zemindar
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