Gouty bronchitis, bronchitis arising as a secondary disease during the
progress of gout. -- Gouty concretions, calculi (urate of sodium)
formed in the joints, kidneys, etc., of sufferers from gout. -- Gouty
kidney, an affection occurring during the progress of gout, the kidney
shriveling and containing concretions of urate of sodium.
Gove (gv), n. [Also goaf, goof, goff.] A mow; a rick for hay. [Obs.]
Tusser.
Gov"ern (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Governed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Governing.] [OF. governer, F. gouverner, fr. L. gubernare to steer,
pilot, govern, Gr. kyberna^n. Cf. Gubernatorial.] 1. To direct and
control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws
or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority. "Fit to govern and rule
multitudes." Shak.
2. To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to
govern the life; to govern a horse.
Govern well thy appetite.
Milton.
3. (Gram.) To require to be in a particular case; as, a transitive verb
governs a noun in the objective case; or to require (a particular
case); as, a transitive verb governs the objective case.
Gov"ern, v. i. To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have
the control. Dryden.
Gov"ern*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. Governableness.
Gov"ern*a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. gouvernable.] Capable of being governed,
or subjected to authority; controllable; manageable; obedient. Locke.
Gov"ern*a*ble*ness, n. The quality of being governable; manageableness.
Gov"ern*al (?), Gov"ern*ail (&?;), n. [Cf. F. gouvernail helm, rudder,
L. gubernaculum.] Management; mastery. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
Gov"ern*ance (?), n. [F. gouvernance.] Exercise of authority; control;
government; arrangement. Chaucer. J. H. Newman.
Gov"ern*ante" (?), n. [F. gouvernante. See Govern.] A governess. Sir W.
Scott.
Gov"ern*ess (?), n. [Cf. OF. governeresse. See Governor.] A female
governor; a woman invested with authority to control and direct;
especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of children, --
usually in their homes.
Gov"ern*ing, a. 1. Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as,
a governing wind; a governing party in a state. Jay.