Definition for GOV'ERN-ING

GOV'ERN-ING, ppr.

  1. Directing; controlling; regulating by laws or edicts; managing; influencing; restraining.
  2. adj. Holding the superiority; prevalent; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state. – Federalist, Jay.
  3. Directing; controlling; as, a governing motive.

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