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[Latin gubernatio.] Government, regulation. "And tables as wel for the gouernacion of the clock, as to find the altitude, meridian, and many another note conclusion." Chaucer : Of the Astrolabie . gov'-ern-ě , *gou-vern-e e, *gov-ern-e e, 8. [O. Fr. gouverne e, from Lat. gubernatrix; Ital. govern at rice.] *1. A woman invested with authority to regulate, control, or direct. "The Lady Margaret, gouerne e of Flaunders." Hall: Henry VIII. (an. 17.) 2. A lady who has the care and instruction of young children; a tutore . "Frances de Main ten on, the governe of his natural children." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xi. *3. Anything which directs, controls, or instructs: an instructre . "Shall crueltie be your gouerne e Alas, what hart may it long endure." Chaucer: La Belle Dame sans Merci. *4. The wife of the governor of a prison. "The governe of the mansion had, out of curiosity followed her into the room."- Fielding : Amelia , bk. iv. ch. ii, göv-ern-ě -ing, s. [Eng. governe ; -ing.] The profe ion or occupation of a governe . chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. governe ship *gov'-ern-ě -ship, s . [Eng. governe ; -ship.] The office, post, or duties of a governe . gov'-ern-ing, *gov-ern-ynge, pr. par., a. & 8. [GOVERN, v.] A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adj .: Holding the superiority; having the control; controlling, prevalent, directing; as, a governing party, a governing wind. C. As subst.: Government, rule, authority, power. "The Frenche kynge had ben vnder the gouernynge of his vacles euer syth the dethe of the laste kynge his father."-Berners: Froi art's Cronycle, vol. ii., ch. cl. *gov'-ērn-le , a. [Eng.govern; -le .] Without a governor or government.