governa'bility

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govern (ˈɡʌv^ən)

—vb
1.	(also intr) to direct and control the actions, affairs, policies, functions, etc, of (a political unit, organization, nation, etc); rule
2.	to exercise restraint over; regulate or direct: to govern one's temper
3.	to be a predominant influence on (something); decide or determine (something): his injury governed his decision to avoid sports
4.	to control the speed of (an engine, machine, etc) using a governor
5.	to control the rate of flow of (a fluid) by using an automatic valve
6.	(of a word) to determine the inflection of (another word): Latin nouns govern adjectives that modify them

[C13: from Old French gouverner, from Latin gubernāre to steer, from Greek kubernan]

'governable

—*adj*

governa'bility

—n

'governableness

—n

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