govern
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govern (3ª persona sing. presente governs, participio presente governing, passato semplice e participio passato governed)
- governare, condurre
- (senso figurato) guidare, reggere
- controllare
- (grammatica) reggere
- (riflessivo) controllarsi
Dal francese antico governer, guverner, dal latino gubernō, dal greco antico κυβερνάω ("guidare", "reggere il timone")
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Inglese-Italiano
- Il Sansoni, Inglese edizione on-line da "www.corriere.it"
- Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Dictionary versione on-line
- The Free Dictionary, edizione online
- Merriam-Webster, Versione on-line
- Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary