Definitions:

1. direct or strongly influence the behavior of verb
   • Their belief in God governs their conduct.
2. require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood verb
   • most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German

Synonyms:

• order
• rule

NearBy Words:

• governable
• governance
• governed
• governess
• governing
• government
• government-in-exile
• governmental
• governmentally
• governor
• governorship