Part 4914

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pertaining to the gout.</def> "<i>Gouty</i> matter."

<i>Blackmore.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Swollen, as if from gout.</def>

<i>Derham.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Boggy; <as>as, gouty land</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<cs><col>Gouty bronchitis</col>, <cd>bronchitis arising as a secondary disease during the progress of gout.</cd> -- <col>Gouty concretions</col>, <cd>calculi (urate of sodium) formed in the joints, kidneys, etc., of sufferers from gout.</cd> -- <col>Gouty kidney</col>, <cd>an affection occurring during the progress of gout, the kidney shriveling and containing concretions of urate of sodium.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gove</h1> <Xpage=641>

<hw>Gove</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Also <ets>goaf</ets>, <ets>goof</ets>, <ets>goff</ets>.]</ety> <def>A mow; a rick for hay.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Tusser.</i>

<h1>Govern</h1> <Xpage=641>

<hw>Gov"ern</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Governed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Governing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>governer</ets>, F. <ets>gouverner</ets>, fr. L. <ets>gubernare</ets> to steer, pilot, govern, Gr. <?/. Cf. <er>Gubernatorial</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority.</def> "Fit to <i>govern</i> and rule multitudes."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; <as>as, to <ex>govern</ex> the life; to <ex>govern</ex> a horse.</as></def>

<blockquote><b>Govern</b> well thy appetite. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>To require to be in a particular case; <as>as, a transitive verb <ex>governs</ex> a noun in the objective case</as>; or to require (a particular case); <as>as, a transitive verb <ex>governs</ex> the objective case</as>.</def>

<h1>Govern</h1> <Xpage=641>

<hw>Gov"ern</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Governability</h1> <Xpage=641>

<hw>Gov"ern*a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Governableness.</def>

<h1>Governable</h1> <Xpage=641>

<hw>Gov"ern*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>gouvernable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being governed, or subjected to authority; controllable; manageable; obedient.</def>

<i>Locke.</i>

<h1>Governableness</h1> <Xpage=641>

<hw>Gov"ern*a*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being governable; manageableness.</def>

<mhw><h1>Governal, Governail</h1> <Xpage=641>

<hw>Gov"ern*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Gov"ern*ail</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>gouvernail</ets> helm, rudder, L. <ets>gubernaculum</ets>.]</ety> <def>Management; mastery.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>