govern

Etymology
From, , from and , , from , from.

Verb

 * 1)  To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
 * 2)  To exercise political authority; to run a government.
 * 3)  To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
 * 4)  To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
 * 5)  To have or exercise a determining influence.
 * 6)  To handle, to manage, to oversee (a matter, an affair, a household, etc.).
 * 7)  To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
 * 8)  To direct the course of, to guide in some direction, to steer.
 * 9)  To look after, to take care of, to tend to (someone or some plant).
 * 10)  To manage, to control, to work (a tool or mechanical device).
 * 11)  To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.
 * 1)  To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
 * 2)  To direct the course of, to guide in some direction, to steer.
 * 3)  To look after, to take care of, to tend to (someone or some plant).
 * 4)  To manage, to control, to work (a tool or mechanical device).
 * 5)  To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.
 * 1)  To manage, to control, to work (a tool or mechanical device).
 * 2)  To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.
 * 1)  To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:, تَحَكَّمَ,
 * Egyptian Arabic: حكم
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: gobernar
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: пра́віць, кірава́ць
 * Bengali: শাসন করা
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: over, beherske,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Estonian: valitsema, juhtima
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: guviernâ
 * Galician: governar
 * Georgian: მართვა, მმართველობა, მართავს, მმართველობს
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: εὐθύνω
 * Haitian Creole: gouvène
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: हुकूमत करना, शासन करना
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Icelandic: stjórna
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: басқару
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 통치하다,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ປົກຄອງ
 * Latin: gubernō, regō
 * Latvian: valdīt
 * Lithuanian: valdyti
 * Macedonian: управува
 * Malay: memerintah
 * Maltese: iggverna
 * Maori: kāwana, whakahaere tikanga
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠤᠳᠤᠷᠢᠳᠬᠤ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Oromo: bulchuu
 * Pashto: حکومت کول, حکم چلول
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: reger, riger, regner, regnar
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit: राष्टि
 * Sardinian: cuberrare, gruvennae, guvernai, guvernare
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: у̀прављати, вла́дати
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian: cuvirnari, guvirnari
 * Slovak: vládnuť, riadiť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tajik:
 * Tatar: башкарырга
 * Tetum: ukun
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: dolandyrmak
 * Ukrainian: пра́вити, керува́ти
 * Urdu: حکومت کرنا
 * Uzbek:, idora qilmoq
 * Venetian:, , governar
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: ,
 * Welsh: arglwyddïo
 * Yiddish: רעגירן


 * Afrikaans:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 統攝
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: მართავს
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: obvladati, obvladovati
 * Ukrainian: керува́ти


 * Afrikaans:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: εὐθύνω
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: вплива́ти


 * Afrikaans:, , reguleer
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, lede
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Ukrainian: регулюва́ти, керува́ти


 * Afrikaans:, heers
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: керува́ти, пра́вити
 * Welsh:


 * Afrikaans: heers
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: herske
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: вплива́ти


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * French:
 * Ido:

Noun

 * 1) The act of governing

Etymology
From the verb, or possibly from or , from  or.

Noun

 * 1) government