Crossword-Solution: GOVERN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Govern | v. t. | To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority. |
| Govern | v. t. | To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse. |
| Govern | v. t. | To require to be in a particular case; as, a transitive verb governs a noun in the objective case; or to require (a particular case); as, a transitive verb governs the objective case. |
| Govern | v. i. | To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control. |
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One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with GOVERN (5)
Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.
When I think that these precious souls are to-day shut up in the prison-house of slavery, my feelings overcome me, and I am almost ready to ask, “Does a righteous God govern the universe? and for what does he hold the thunders in his right hand, if not to smite the oppressor, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the spoiler?” These dear souls came not to Sabbath school because it was popular to do so, nor did I teach them because it was reputable to be thus engaged.
They only govern the "world" groups; they aren't applicable to regional or other alternative hierarchies.
The NSA got from Miles what they wanted; his mathematical tools modified to work for govern- ment security projects.
Then why in the case of lesser offices do men never take them willingly without payment, unless under the idea that they govern for the advantage not of themselves but of others? Let me ask you a question: Are not the several arts different, by reason of their each having a separate function? And, my dear illustrious friend, do say what you think, that we may make a little progress.
Quotes with GOVERN (3)
One thing I do know about intimacy is that there are certain natural laws which govern the sexual experience of two people, and that these laws cannot be budged any more than gravity can be negotiated with. To feel physically comfortable with someone else's body is not a decision you can make. It has very little to do with how two people think or act or talk or even look. The mysterious magnet is either there, buried somewhere deep behind the sternum, or it is not. When it is…
God has called His creation to find satisfaction in a personal relationship with Him, and stop trying to manage the world by conforming it to our expectations, and to allow Him to govern His creation. He continues to say through an ancient Hebrew worship song, "Be still and know that I am God!
And of the sixth day yet remained There wanted yet the master work, the end Of all yet done: a creature who not prone And brute as other creatures but endued With sanctity of reason might erect His stature and, upright with front serene, Govern the rest, self-knowing, and from thence Magnanimous to correspond with Heaven, But grateful to acknowledge whence his good Descends, thither with heart and voice and eyes Directed in devotion to adore And worship God supreme who made him chief Of all His works.
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Onion, S&S, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 24 times in crossword archives (1967–2025).