governed

/ˈɡəvɚnd/

IPA: /G AH1 V ER0 N D/

verb

1
To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
“The old king governed the land wisely.”
2
To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
“Govern yourselves like civilized people.”
3
To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
“Chance governs the outcome of many card games.”
4
To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
“a valve that governs fuel intake”
5
To exercise political authority; to run a government.
6
To have or exercise a determining influence.
7
(grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.

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