governynge
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
governynge (plural governyngis)
- Control, direction, or leadership; the holding of power:
- Governing; governmental or political control.
- Administration, direction or supervision; the action of supervising.
- (rare) Naval command, control, or oversight.
- Tutelarity or guiding; direction as a caretaker or guardian.
- (medicine) The practice of giving out a restorative course of action.
- (rare) Helmsmanship; control over a seafaring vessel or ship.
- (rare) One's influence over the world or its happenings.
- (grammar, rare) Requirement of a specific grammatical case.
- (physiology, rare) The effect exerted by a part of the body on another.
Descendants
- English: governing
References
- “governing(e (ger.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-28.