govern
govern is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse. Govern well thy appetite. Milton.
- 2.(Gram.) 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.
- 3.To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control. Dryden.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- betacism
- bilingual
- chrestomathy
- comparative
- confusion
- current
- dead
- dialect
- dialectic
- express
- genius
- glossology
- glottology
- grammar
- household
- language
- lexicology
- lingo
- lingual
- linguistic
- linguistics
- literary
- literature
- mother
- native
- nunnation
- onomatopoeia
- paleography
- paleology
- pantomime
- pasigraphy
- philology
- phraseology
- polite
- polyglot
- republic
- scholar
- scholarship
- speech
- the
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is govern.
- What is to regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse. Govern well thy appetite. Milton called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is to exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control. Dryden called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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