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governed
gov·ern G0208500 (gŭv′ərn)v. gov·erned, gov·ern·ing, gov·erns v.tr.1. To make and administer the public policy and affairs of (a state, for example); exercise sovereign authority over.2. To control the speed or magnitude of; regulate: a valve that governs fuel intake.3. To control the actions or behavior of: Govern yourselves like civilized people.4. To keep under control; restrain: a student who could not govern his impulses.5. To exercise a deciding or determining influence on: Chance usually governs the outcome of the game.6. Grammar To require (a specific morphological form) of accompanying words.v.intr.1. To exercise political authority.2. To have or exercise a determining influence.
[Middle English governen, from Old French governer, from Latin gubernāre, from Greek kubernān.]
gov′ern·a·ble adj.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | governed - the body of people who are citizens of a particular government; "governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed"--Declaration of Independencecitizenry, people - the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people" |
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