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| Date: | 1200-1300 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | governer, from Latin gubernare, from Greek kybernan 'to control the direction of something' |
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gov‧ern W3
1 [intransitive and transitive] to officially and legally control a country and make all the decisions about taxes, laws, public services etc [= rule]: the leaders who govern the country The party had been governing for seven months.
the leaders who govern the countryThe party had been governing for seven months.2 [transitive] if rules, principles etc govern the way a system or situation works, they control how it happens : legislation governing the export of live animals The universe is governed by the laws of physics.
legislation governing the export of live animalsThe universe is governed by the laws of physics.
