"governer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: governers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English governer, governere, guvernere, from Old French gouvreneur; equivalent to govern + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|governer}} Middle English governer, {{m|enm|governere}} governere, {{m|enm|guvernere}} guvernere, {{der|en|fro|gouvreneur}} Old French gouvreneur, {{suffix|en|govern|er|id2=agent noun}} govern + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} governer (plural governers)
  1. Obsolete form of governor. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: governor
    Sense id: en-governer-en-noun-91WFAa8r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Old French entries with incorrect language header, Old French verbs ending in -er, Old French verbs with weak-a preterite Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 78 11 11 Disambiguation of Old French verbs ending in -er: 63 17 20 Disambiguation of Old French verbs with weak-a preterite: 63 16 20

Verb [Old French]

Etymology: From Latin gubernāre, present active infinitive of gubernō, from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō). Etymology templates: {{inh|fro|la|gubernāre}} Latin gubernāre, {{m|la|gubernō}} gubernō, {{der|fro|grc|κυβερνάω}} Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō) Head templates: {{head|fro|verb}} governer Inflection templates: {{fro-conj-er}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], governer [infinitive], avoir governé [infinitive, multiword-construction], en governant [gerund], gerund of avoir + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction], governant [participle, present], governé [participle, past], govern [first-person, indicative, present, singular], governes [indicative, present, second-person, singular], governe [indicative, present, singular, third-person], governons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], governez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], governent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], governoie [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], governeie [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], governoe [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], governeve [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], governoies [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], governeies [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], governoes [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], governeves [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], governoit [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], governeit [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], governot [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], governeve [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], governiiens [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], governiens [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], governiiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], governiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], governoient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], governeient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], governoent [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], governevent [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], governai [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], governas [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], governa [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], governames [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], governastes [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], governerent [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], governerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], governeras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], governera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], governerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], governeroiz [future, indicative, plural, second-person], governereiz [future, indicative, plural, second-person], governerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], governeront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], governeroie [conditional, first-person, singular], governereie [conditional, first-person, singular], governeroies [conditional, second-person, singular], governereies [conditional, second-person, singular], governeroit [conditional, singular, third-person], governereit [conditional, singular, third-person], governeriiens [conditional, first-person, plural], governeriens [conditional, first-person, plural], governeriiez [conditional, plural, second-person], governeriez [conditional, plural, second-person], governeroient [conditional, plural, third-person], governereient [conditional, plural, third-person], present tense of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect tense of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], preterite tense of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future tense of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional tense of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], govern [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], goverz [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], govert [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], governons [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], governez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], governent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], governasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], governasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], governast [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], governissons [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], governissiens [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], governissoiz [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], governissez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], governissiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], governassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], governe [imperative, second-person, singular], governons [first-person, imperative, plural], governez [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to guide; to steer
    Sense id: en-governer-fro-verb-tduuiXvZ
  2. to govern
    Sense id: en-governer-fro-verb-TOvsG~GR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: guverner

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "[1529], [John Frith], A Pistle to the Christen Reader: The Revelation of Antichrist. Antithesis / Wherin Are Compared To Geder Christes Actes and Oure Holye Father the Popes., [Antwerp]: [Johannes Hoochstraten]",
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          "ref": "1553, Eras[mus] Sarcerius, translated by Rychard Tauerner, Commõ Places of Scripture Ordrely and after a Compendious Forme of Teaching, Set Forth with No Litle Laboure, […], London: […] Nycolas Hyll for Robert Toye, […], folio xc, verso",
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          "text": "And whẽ alſo he ſaieth, Of many, hereby is cõfirmed, that by the name of the church, wherof Chriſt ſpeaketh Mat. 18. is not vnderſtoode the cõmon multitude, but the chief governers of the church.",
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        "indicative",
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        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
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      "form": "governiez",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "governas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "governames",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "governastes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "governerai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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        "plural"
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "first-person",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "governeriiez",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "governeriez",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "governeroient",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "governereient",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present tense of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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          "ref": "[1529], [John Frith], A Pistle to the Christen Reader: The Revelation of Antichrist. Antithesis / Wherin Are Compared To Geder Christes Actes and Oure Holye Father the Popes., [Antwerp]: [Johannes Hoochstraten]",
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          "ref": "1553, Eras[mus] Sarcerius, translated by Rychard Tauerner, Commõ Places of Scripture Ordrely and after a Compendious Forme of Teaching, Set Forth with No Litle Laboure, […], London: […] Nycolas Hyll for Robert Toye, […], folio xc, verso",
          "text": "Fynallye the holye ghoſte maye alſo be ſayde a cauſe of thys lybertye, foꝛaſmuche as he is the gouerner and pꝛeſeruer therof.",
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        },
        {
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          "text": "And whẽ alſo he ſaieth, Of many, hereby is cõfirmed, that by the name of the church, wherof Chriſt ſpeaketh Mat. 18. is not vnderſtoode the cõmon multitude, but the chief governers of the church.",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "governereient",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present tense of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect tense of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "preterite tense of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future tense of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "govern",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goverz",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "govert",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "governons",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "governez",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "governent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "governasse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "governasses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "governast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "governissons",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "governissiens",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "governissoiz",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "governissez",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "governissiez",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "governassent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "governe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "governons",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "governez",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "governer",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fro-conj-er"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to guide; to steer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "guide",
          "guide"
        ],
        [
          "steer",
          "steer"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to govern"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "govern",
          "govern"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "guverner"
    }
  ],
  "word": "governer"
}

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