GOVERN, guv'[.e]rn, _v.t._ to direct: to control: to rule with authority:
(_gram._) to determine the mood, tense, or case of.--_v.i._ to exercise
authority: to administer the laws.--_adj._ GOV'ERNABLE.--_ns._ GOV'ERNALL
(_Spens._), government; GOV'ERNANCE, government: control: direction:
behaviour; GOVERNANTE (guv-[.e]r-nant', or guv'-), a governess (_obs._);
GOV'ERNESS, a lady who has charge of the instruction of young ladies: a
tutoress (_Daily-governess_, one who goes every day to her pupils' house;
_Nursery_-, having charge of young children only, tending as well as
teaching them; _Resident_-, living in the family of her pupils).--_v.i._ to
act as governess.--_n._ GOV'ERNESS-CART, a light two-wheeled vehicle with
two face-to-face seats at the sides only.--_adj._ GOV'ERNING, having
control.--_n._ GOV'ERNMENT, a ruling or managing: control: system of
governing: the body of persons authorised to administer the laws, or to
govern a state: the territory over which sovereign power extends: (_gram._)
the power of one word in determining the form of another: (_Shak._)
conduct.--_adj._ of or pursued by government.--_adj._ GOVERNMENT'AL,
pertaining to or sanctioned by government.--_ns._ GOV'ERNOR, a ruler: one
invested with supreme authority: a tutor: (_slang_) a father or master:
(_mach._) a regulator, or contrivance for maintaining uniform velocity with
a varying resistance: (_B._) a pilot; GOV'ERNOR-GEN'ERAL, the supreme
governor in a country: a viceroy; GOV'ERNORSHIP.--GOVERNMENTAL THEORY (see
GROTIAN). [O. Fr. _governer_--L. _gubern[=a]re_--Gr. _kybernan_.]
GOWAN, gow'an, _n._ (_Scot._) the wild daisy. [Ir. and Gael. _gugan_, bud,
daisy.]
GOWD, Scotch for _gold_.