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govern

English

  1. 🔊 direct or strongly influence the behavior of
    “His belief in God governs his conduct”
  2. 🔊 exercise authority over
    “Who is governing the country now?”
  3. 🔊 require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood
    “most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German”
  4. 🔊 bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage
    “We cannot regulate the way people dress”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 gobernar to govern

Similar words

regulate regularize regularise order rule administer administrate arrest be master be responsible for boss bridle call the shots call the signals captain carry authority carry on carry out chair check command conduct constrain contain