governen

governen

1. third-person plural present indicative of governar

• governe, guverne, gouvern

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French governer, guverner, from Latin gubernō, from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō).

• IPA^(key): /ɡuˈvɛrnən/, /ˈɡuvərnən/

governen

1. To lead a group or mass of people; to direct:
   1. To exercise political authority over; to govern.
   2. To supervise; to lead while monitoring.
2. To direct an individual or thing directly:
   1. (physiology) To affect a body part or bodily system.
   2. To keep under constraint; to limit (often reflexive)
3. To display or engage in certain behaviours or actions.
4. To operate a device or machine (especially a boat)
5. To affect or influence (usually used of abstractions)
6. To undergo a course of treatment, restoration, or curing.
7. (grammar) To depend upon or govern (a part of speech)
8. (rare) To influence or affect an individual or thing directly.

• English: govern
• Scots: govern

• “governen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 December 2018.