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
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
