govern

govern has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• v. t.. To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority.
• v. t.. To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse.
• v. t.. To require to be in a particular case; as, a transitive verb governs a noun in the objective case; or to require (a particular case); as, a transitive verb governs the objective case.
• v. i.. To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control.
• v.. direct or strongly influence the behavior of; "His belief in God governs his conduct"
• v.. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
• v.. exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?"
• v.. require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German"