govern
(verb) direct or strongly influence the behavior of; “His belief in God governs his conduct”
regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern
(verb) bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; “We cannot regulate the way people dress”; “This town likes to regulate”
govern, rule
(verb) exercise authority over; as of nations; “Who is governing the country now?”
govern
(verb) require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; “most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
govern (third-person singular simple present governs, present participle governing, simple past and past participle governed)
(transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
(transitive) To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
(transitive) To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
(transitive) To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
(intransitive) To exercise political authority; to run a government.
(intransitive) To have or exercise a determining influence.
(transitive, grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.
Source: Wiktionary
Gov"ern, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Governed; p. pr. & vb. n. Governing.] Etym: [OF. governer, F. gouverner, fr. L. gubernare to steer, pilot, govern, Gr. Gubernatorial.]
1. To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority. "Fit to govern and rule multitudes." Shak.
2. To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse. Govern well thy appetite. Milton.
3. (Gram.)
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.
Gov"ern, v. i.
Definition: To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
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