government

Definitions

1. 1.The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law. That free government which we have so dearly purchased, free commonwealth. Milton.
2. 2.The right or power of governing; authority. I here resign my goverment to thee. Shak.
3. 3.The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling powe; the administratian. When we, in England, speak of the government, we generally understand the ministers of the crown for the time being. Mozley & W.
4. 4.The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.
5. 5.Management of the limbs or body. Shak.
6. 6.(Gram.) The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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