Govern

Verb

 * 1)  To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
 * 2)  To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
 * 3)  To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
 * 4)  To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
 * 5)  To exercise political authority; to run a government.
 * 6)  To have or exercise a determining influence.
 * 7)  To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.

Related terms

 * government
 * governance
 * governor
 * governess

Adverbs for Govern
inharmoniously; dictatorially; paternally; intricately; nobly; tyrannically; bureaucrat-ically; autocratically; democratically; plutocratically; ruthlessly; despotically; aristocratically; ephemerally; legitimately; perfidiously; constitutionally; prudently.

Thesaurus
administer, administrate, arrest, be master, be responsible for, boss, bridle, call the shots, call the signals, captain, carry authority, carry on, carry out, chair, check, command, conduct, constrain, contain, control, cool, cool off, crack the whip, curb, curtail, decelerate, decide, determine, direct, discipline, dispose, dominate, dompt, engineer, enjoin, execute, guard, guide, handle, have clout, have power, have the power, have the right, have the say, head, head up, hinder, hold, hold at bay, hold back, hold fast, hold in, hold in check, hold in leash, hold the reins, hold up, inhibit, keep, keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep under control, lay under restraint, lead, lead on, look after, make the rules, manage, maneuver, manipulate, master, mastermind, officer, order, overrule, oversee, pilot, possess authority, prescribe, preside over, prohibit, pull, pull in, pull the strings, quarterback, regulate, reign, rein, rein in, render, repress, restrain, retard, retrench, rule, run, set back, shepherd, skipper, slow down, snub, stand over, steer, straiten, subdue, superintend, supervise, suppress, sway, take command, take the lead, wear the crown, wear the pants, wield authority, withhold

Etymology
and governer:,  guberno:, from  κυβερνάω:

Translations

 * Danish: regere over, beherske
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German:
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Romanian: guverna
 * Spanish:


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Polish: rządzić, zarządzać
 * Romanian: regla, reglementa, regulariza


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Romanian: conduce, dirija, cârmui


 * Czech: ovládat (used with valve)
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Romanian: regla


 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Romanian: guverna
 * Spanish:


 * Danish: herske
 * Finnish:


 * German:
 * Romanian: conduce, dirija