Definition of govern

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Govern (v. t.) 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..

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Rectoral :: Rectoral (a.) Pertaining to a rector or governor.
Hagiocracy :: Hagiocracy (n.) Government by a priesthood; hierarchy.
Conservative :: Conservative (a.) Of or pertaining to a political party which favors the conservation of existing institutions and forms of government, as the Conservative party in England; -- contradistinguished from Liberal and Radical..
Propretor :: Propretor (n.) A magistrate who, having been pretor at home, was appointed to the government of a province..
Regimen :: Regimen (n.) The word or words governed.
Theocracy :: Theocracy (n.) The state thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before it became a kingdom..
Incivism :: Incivism (n.) Want of civism; want of patriotism or love to one's country; unfriendliness to one's state or government.
Revolution :: Revolution (n.) A fundamental change in political organization, or in a government or constitution; the overthrow or renunciation of one government, and the substitution of another, by the governed..
Optimacy :: Optimacy (n.) Government by the nobility.
Overrule :: Overrule (v. t.) To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.
Pasha :: Pasha (n.) An honorary title given to officers of high rank in Turkey, as to governers of provinces, military commanders, etc. The earlier form was bashaw..
Neutralize :: Neutralize (v. t.) To destroy the peculiar or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference inefficience; to counteract; as, to neutralize parties in government; to neutralize efforts, opposition, etc..
Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a legitimate heir..
Insubjection :: Insubjection (n.) Want of subjection or obedience; a state of disobedience, as to government..
Subgranular :: Subgovernor (n.) A subordinate or assistant governor.
Regimen :: Regimen (n.) A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government..
Ecclesiastical :: Ecclesiastical (a.) Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts..
Centralism :: Centralism (n.) The system by which power is centralized, as in a government..
Neutrality :: Neutrality (a.) The condition of a nation or government which refrains from taking part, directly or indirectly, in a war between other powers..
Riding :: Riding (n.) One of the three jurisdictions into which the county of York, in England, is divided; -- formerly under the government of a reeve. They are called the North, the East, and the West, Riding..
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