| (n.) | The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government. | |
| (n.) | The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law. | |
| (n.) | The right or power of governing; authority. | |
| (n.) | The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration. | |
| (n.) | The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe. | |
| (n.) | Management of the limbs or body. | |
| (n.) | The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case. |
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