Reverse Dictionary: GOVERN

ADJECTIVES
1412 ► REGITIVE ruling, governing → obs.
1610 ► PANARCHIC all-ruling, all-governing → obs.

NOUNS, PERSON
..888 ► WALDEND a ruler, a governor → obs.
1000 ► MASTER one having direction or control over the action of others; a director, a leader, a chief, a commander; a ruler, a governor → obs.
1297 ► WARDEN the governor of a town, province, or district; the commander of a fortress → obs.
1398 ► MODERATOR a ruler, a governor, a director → obs.
1615 ► ORDINATOR one who orders, regulates, directs, or governs → obs.
1794 ► MASTER-MAN an overlooker, a ruler, a governor → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1810 ► GG a governor-general; a governor of high rank
1859 ► HIGH BEAK a judge, governor, president, or other top official → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1886 ► GEREVE a governor → obs. (Bk.)
1900 ► G.V. a governor → sl.

VERBS
1000 ► WARD to rule, to govern a land or people; to administer an estate; to act as guardian to a child → obs.
1000 ► YEME to have the command or oversight of; to rule, to govern, to manage, to control → obs.
1200 ► LEAD to conduct affairs; to manage, to govern → obs.
1300 ► ORDAIN to set in proper order or position; to arrange; to keep in due order; to regulate, to govern, to direct, to manage, to conduct → obs.
1330 ► GUY to command an army, etc.; to govern or rule a country; to administer or manage affairs or an office → obs.
1595 ► ORDINATE to order, to regulate, to control, to govern, to direct → obs.
1599 ► IMPERATE to command, to rule, to govern → obs.
1854 ► RATE to rule, to govern → Eng. dial.