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Word: Govern
Speech Type: Verb
Middle English: from Old French governer, from Latin gubernare ‘to steer, rule’, from Greek kubernan ‘to steer’
ˈɡʌvn
conduct the policy, actions, and affairs of (a state, organization, or people) with authority
Short Definition:conduct policy and affairs of state, organization, etc.
Examples:- he was incapable of governing the country
(of a word) require that (another word or group of words) be in a particular case
Short Definition:(of word) require that another word etc. be in particular case
Examples:- the Latin preposition ‘cum’ governs nouns in the ablative
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