Part 4915

<i>Chaucer. Spenser.</i>

<h1>Governance</h1> <Xpage=641>

<hw>Gov"ern*ance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. gouvernance.]</ety> <def>Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement.</def>

<i>Chaucer. J. H. Newman.</i>

<h1>Governante</h1> <Xpage=641>

<hw>Gov"ern*ante"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gouvernante</ets>. See <er>Govern</er>.]</ety> <def>A governess.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Governess</h1> <Xpage=641>

<hw>Gov"ern*ess</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>governeresse</ets>. See <er>Governor</er>.]</ety> <def>A female governor; a woman invested with authority to control and direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of children, -- usually in their homes.</def>

<h1>Governing</h1> <Xpage=641>

<hw>Gov"ern*ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; <as>as, a <ex>governing</ex> wind; a <ex>governing</ex> party in a state.</as></def>

<i>Jay.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Requiring a particular case.</def>

<h1>Government</h1> <Xpage=641>

<hw>Gov"ern*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gouvernement</ets>. See <er>Govern</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; <as>as, civil, church, or family government</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.</def>

<blockquote>That free <b>government</b> which we have so dearly purchased, free commonwealth. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The right or power of governing; authority.</def>

<blockquote>I here resign my <b>goverment</b> to thee. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling powe; the administratian.</def>

<blockquote>When we, in England, speak of the <b>government</b>, we generally understand the ministers of the crown for the time being. <i>Mozley & W.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The body politic governed by one authority; a state; <as>as, the governments of Europe</as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Management of the limbs or body.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.</def>

<h1>Governmental</h1> <Xpage=641>

<hw>Gov"ern*men"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>gouveernemental</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to government; made by government; <as>as, governmental duties</as>.</def>

<h1>Governor</h1> <Xpage=641>