Definition of govern

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Govern (v. t.) To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse..

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Commune :: Commune (n.) A small territorial district in France under the government of a mayor and municipal council; also, the inhabitants, or the government, of such a district. See Arrondissement..
Jacobin :: "Jacobin (n.) One of a society of violent agitators in France, during the revolution of 1789, who held secret meetings in the Jacobin convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris, and concerted measures to control the proceedings of the National Assembly. Hence: A plotter against an existing government; a turbulent demagogue..
Triumvirate :: Triumvirate (n.) A coalition or association of three in office or authority; especially, the union of three men who obtained the government of the Roman empire..
Energetics :: Energetics (n.) That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, and which comprehends the consideration and general investigation of the whole range of the forces concerned in physical phenomena..
Empire :: Empire (n.) Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason..
Hospodar :: Hospodar (n.) A title borne by the princes or governors of Moldavia and Wallachia before those countries were united as Roumania.
Paternalism :: Paternalism (n.) The theory or practice of paternal government. See Paternal government, under Paternal..
Proconsul :: Proconsul (n.) An officer who discharged the duties of a consul without being himself consul; a governor of, or a military commander in, a province. He was usually one who had previously been consul..
Stable :: Stable (v. i.) Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government..
Refrain :: Refrain (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.
Rein :: Rein (v. t.) To govern or direct with the reins; as, to rein a horse one way or another..
Democracy :: Democracy (n.) Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic..
Internuncio :: Internuncio (n.) A representative, or charge d'affaires, of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government, ranking next below a nuncio..
Triumvirate :: Triumvirate (n.) Government by three in coalition or association; the term of such a government.
Adelantado :: Adelantado (n.) A governor of a province; a commander.
Steer :: Steer (v. i.) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily..
Tribe :: Tribe (n.) A nation of savages or uncivilized people; a body of rude people united under one leader or government; as, the tribes of the Six Nations; the Seneca tribe..
Governing :: Governing (a.) Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state..
Headstrong :: Headstrong (a.) Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn.
Subjectist :: Subjection (a.) The state of being subject, or under the power, control, and government of another; a state of obedience or submissiveness; as, the safety of life, liberty, and property depends on our subjection to the laws..
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