Available Definitions:
1) a. - Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state.
2) a. - Requiring a particular case.
3) v. t. - To require to be in a particular case; as, a transitive verb governs a noun in the objective case; or to require (a particular case); as, a transitive verb governs the objective case.
4) v. i. - To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control.