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