intransitive. To rule, reign; to have command. Also figurative: to prevail. Obsolete.

intransitive. To reign or rule as a monarch.

intransitive. Of a person: to govern, to reign; to hold supreme command or authority.

intransitive. To direct or control the actions and affairs of a people or place; (later also) to form or serve as the government of a place.

†under (a person's) governing: subject to (a person's) authority or control (obsolete). Also †to have in (a person's) governing and variants (obsolete…

intransitive (occasionally to sway it.) To rule; to hold sway. Also figurative.

transitive. To rule over in the manner of an emperor; to exercise supreme power over. Also intransitive with over.

intransitive. To govern, rule. Obsolete. rare.