See governail on Wiktionary
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],
[
"duration",
"duration"
],
[
"office",
"office"
],
[
"reign",
"reign"
],
[
"tenure",
"tenure"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Destiny; a preordained result or fate."
],
"links": [
[
"preordained",
"preordained"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) Destiny; a preordained result or fate."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A rudder or oar (paddle for steering a vessel)"
],
"links": [
[
"rudder",
"rudder"
],
[
"oar",
"oar"
],
[
"paddle",
"paddle#English"
],
[
"vessel",
"vessel#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses",
"enm:Medicine"
],
"glosses": [
"A restorative course of action."
],
"links": [
[
"medicine",
"medicine"
],
[
"restorative",
"restorative"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare, medicine) A restorative course of action."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Behaviour, action, or demeanour."
],
"links": [
[
"Behaviour",
"behaviour"
],
[
"action",
"action"
],
[
"demeanour",
"demeanour"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) Behaviour, action, or demeanour."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A guardian or overseer; one who directs."
],
"links": [
[
"guardian",
"guardian"
],
[
"overseer",
"overseer"
],
[
"direct",
"direct"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare, figurative) A guardian or overseer; one who directs."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɡuvərˈnɛi̯l(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡuvərnɛl(ə)/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "governaill"
},
{
"word": "governaille"
},
{
"word": "governayle"
},
{
"word": "governaylle"
},
{
"word": "governele"
},
{
"word": "governeylle"
}
],
"word": "governail"
}
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