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General (31 matching dictionaries)

1. govern: Merriam-Webster.com [home, info]
2. govern: Oxford Dictionaries [home, info]
3. govern: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
4. govern: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
5. govern: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
6. govern: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]
7. Govern, govern: Wordnik [home, info]
8. govern: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
9. govern: Wiktionary [home, info]
10. govern: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
11. govern: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
12. govern: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
13. govern: Dictionary.com [home, info]
14. govern: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
15. govern: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
16. govern: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
17. Govern: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
18. Govern: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
19. govern: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
20. govern: Rhymezone [home, info]
21. govern: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
22. govern: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
23. govern: Free Dictionary [home, info]
24. govern: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words [home, info]
25. govern: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
26. govern: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
27. govern: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
28. govern: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
29. govern: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]

Business (3 matching dictionaries)

30. govern: Glossary of Legal Terms [home, info]
31. govern: Legal dictionary [home, info]
32. govern: BusinessDictionary.com [home, info]

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

33. govern: Encyclopedia [home, info]

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Quick definitions from Macmillan ( ) Provided by Quick definitions from WordNet (govern) ▸ verb:  direct or strongly influence the behavior of ("His belief in God governs his conduct") ▸ verb:  exercise authority over; as of nations ("Who is governing the country now?") ▸ verb:  require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood ("Most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German") ▸ verb:  bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations ▸ name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #47239) ▸ Also see governs ▸ Word origin ▸ Words similar to govern ▸ Usage examples for govern ▸ Words that often appear near govern ▸ Rhymes of govern ▸ Invented words related to govern