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Govern

verb

(past & past part. governed; pres. part. governing)

Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations. Synonyms: order, regularise, regularize, regulate. "This town likes to regulate"

Direct or strongly influence the behavior of.

Exercise authority over; as of nations. Synonym: rule.

Require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood.

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"Govern" Quotes from Famous Books

... them individually. Each darner will think out for herself many uses to which to put designs, many combinations in which they will prove effective, and many colorings suggested by the tints which govern her room or her wardrobe; all of which would be an impossible task for any one person, unacquainted with the surroundings of all our students to accomplish. One idea from one person will suggest another idea to a second person, and thus, in the lace-work at the beginning and after part ...

— The Art of Modern Lace Making • The Butterick Publishing Co.

... you and clasping you once again in our arms; but we think it our duty to forego all this for your sake. We want our little boy to grow up into a brave and good man, and this he will never do unless he learns to govern well his own nature, repress with a strong hand that which is evil, and foster that which is good. You often used to wonder, when we read the Pilgrim's Progress together, what could be meant by the 'arrow sharpened ...

— Leslie Ross: - or, Fond of a Lark • Charles Bruce

... gratification, opened up no channel in which her restless energies could expend themselves. She was of too strong a mind, of too clear an intellect, to value the ephemeral influence enjoyed by wealth or beauty; she wanted to reign, to rule, to govern, and as that was no longer a possibility in the political world, she resolved upon seeking some new sphere where she would always be first. It was this illimitable pride, this uncontrolled ambition, which weakened and obscured the elements of true ...

— Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century • W. H. Davenport Adams

... the boys learned the sequel of the morning's terrible adventure. Between the second valley and the wood the cattle, diverted by one of those mysterious impulses which govern masses of all grades of intelligence, had deflected suddenly and raced for the hills. The gay company was much shaken, but somewhat restored by the calm of the church and the solemn monotonous roll of Father Osuna's voice. They cantered slowly homeward, and crossed themselves fervently ...

— The Valiant Runaways • Gertrude Atherton

... the singer's Technique may be said to consist principally of the ability to govern the voice in its three phases of Pitch, Colour, and Intensity. That is, he must be able to sing every note throughout the compass of the voice (Pitch) in different qualities or timbres (Colour), and with various degrees ...

— Style in Singing • W. E. Haslam

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