govern

From Middle English governen, governe, from Anglo-Norman and Old French governer, guverner, from Latin gubernō, gubernāre, from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “I steer, drive, govern”)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌvɚn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌvən/
• Hyphenation: gov‧ern

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• Rhymes: -ʌvə(ɹ)n

govern (third-person singular simple present governs, present participle governing, simple past and past participle governed)

1. (transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
2. (transitive) To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.

   Govern yourselves like civilized people.

   Find the strength, courage, and discipline to govern yourself or be governed by someone else. ― Justin Deschamps

   A student who could not govern his impulses.

3. (transitive) To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.

   Chance usually governs the outcome of the game.

4. (transitive) To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.

   A valve that governs fuel intake.

5. (intransitive) To exercise political authority; to run a government.
6. (intransitive) To have or exercise a determining influence.
7. (transitive, grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.

• government
• governance
• governor
• governess

From the verb governar, or possibly from Late Latin gubernus or gubernius[1], from Latin gubernum or gubernō.

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ɡoˈvɛɾn/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ɡuˈbɛrn/

govern m (plural governs)

1. government

• governar

• “govern” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.