OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 10527

govern

/ˈɡʌv.ən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
gobernar
To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
The old king governed the land wisely.
gobernar
To exercise political authority; to run a government.
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