Scrabble?! GOVERN

Definitions of GOVERN in various dictionaries:

verb - bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage

verb - direct or strongly influence the behavior of

verb - exercise authority over

verb - require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood

To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; exercise sovereign authority in.

To control the speed or magnitude of; regulate: a valve governing fuel intake.

To control the actions or behavior of: Govern yourselves like civilized human beings.

To keep under control; restrain: a child who could not be governed.

To exercise a deciding or determining influence on: Chance usually governs the outcome of the game.

To require (a specific morphological form) of accompanying words.

To exercise political authority.

To have or exercise a determining influence.

verb - to rule or direct