Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GOV'ERN-ING
GOV'ERN-ING, ppr.
- Directing; controlling; regulating by laws or edicts; managing; influencing; restraining.
- adj. Holding the superiority; prevalent; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state. – Federalist, Jay.
- Directing; controlling; as, a governing motive.
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