(n.) The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the
administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil,
church, or family government.
(n.) The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state;
the established form of law.
(n.) The right or power of governing; authority.
(n.) The person or persons authorized to administer the
laws; the ruling power; the administration.
(n.) The body politic governed by one authority; a state;
as, the governments of Europe.
(n.) Management of the limbs or body.
(n.) The influence of a word in regard to construction,
requiring that another word should be in a particular case.
