Толковый словарь английского языка - govern

verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~er, from Latin gubernare to steer, ~, from Greek kybernan Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to exercise continuous sovereign authority over, to rule without sovereign power and usually without having the authority to determine basic policy, 2. manipulate, to control the speed of (as a machine) especially by automatic means, 3. to control, direct, or strongly influence the actions and conduct of, to exert a determining or guiding influence in or over , to hold in check ; restrain, to require (a word) to be in a certain case, to serve as a precedent or deciding principle for , intransitive verb to prevail or have decisive influence ; control, to exercise authority, ~able adjective