verb
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To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
example
The old king governed the land wisely.
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To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
example
Govern yourselves like civilized people.
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To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
example
Chance governs the outcome of many card games.
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To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
example
a valve that governs fuel intake
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To exercise political authority; to run a government.
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To have or exercise a determining influence.
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(grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.