Defn: To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control. Dryden.
GOVERNABILITY
Gov"ern*a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: Governableness.
GOVERNABLE
Gov"ern*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. gouvernable.]
Defn: Capable of being governed, or subjected to authority; controllable; manageable; obedient. Locke.
GOVERNABLENESS
Gov"ern*a*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being governable; manageableness.
GOVERNAL; GOVERNAIL
Gov"ern*al, Gov"ern*ail (, n. Etym: [Cf. F. gouvernail helm, rudder,
L. gubernaculum.]
Defn: Management; mastery. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
GOVERNANCE
Gov"ern*ance, n. Etym: [F. gouvernance.]