governaunce
English
Noun
governaunce (plural governaunces)
- Obsolete form of governance.
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French gouvernance, governance; equivalent to governen + -aunce.
Pronunciation
Noun
governaunce (plural governaunces)
- Control, direction, or leadership; the holding of power:
- Influence or effect; the capacity to effect change or modification:
- (astrology) The influence or effect exerted by the constellations.
- (physiology) The influence or effect exerted by a part of the body.
- The action of being governed; (quality) government or governance.
- One's choices; behaviour, one's actions as a whole, or demeanour.
- A particular choice, behaviour or action; part of one's demeanour.
- The operation of a device or machine (especially a nautical vessel)
- (medicine) A restorative course of action.
- (rare, alchemy) An alchemical method or course of action.
- (rare) Organisation or coherence of troops or a military force.
- (rare) A command or order to aid in governance.
Descendants
- English: governance
References
- “governaunce (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-28.
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- enm:Astrology
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