governed
/ˈɡəvɚnd/ · verb
Meaning
- To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
- To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
- To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
- To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
- To exercise political authority; to run a government.
- To have or exercise a determining influence.
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