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Associations to the word «Governed»

Wiktionary

GOVERN, verb. (transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
GOVERN, verb. (transitive) To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
GOVERN, verb. (transitive) To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
GOVERN, verb. (transitive) To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
GOVERN, verb. (intransitive) To exercise political authority; to run a government.
GOVERN, verb. (intransitive) To have or exercise a determining influence.
GOVERN, verb. (transitive) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.

Dictionary definition

GOVERN, verb. Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate".
GOVERN, verb. Direct or strongly influence the behavior of; "His belief in God governs his conduct".
GOVERN, verb. Exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?".
GOVERN, verb. Require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German".

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.