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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
govern .
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Examples
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To win the good – will of the people thou governest there are two things, among others, that thou must do; one is to be civil to all (this, however, I told thee before), and the other to take care that food be abundant, for there is nothing that vexes the heart of the poor more than hunger and high prices.
Don Quixote 2002
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Thou art of great authority indeed, and governest well the kingdom of Israel.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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O Lord our God, who upholdest and governest all things in heaven and earth, receive our humble prayers with our thanksgivings, for our
Coronation Anecdotes Giles Gossip
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Thou art of great authority indeed, and governest well the kingdom of Israel.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 11: 3 Kings The Challoner Revision
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Thou art of great authority indeed, and governest well the kingdom of Israel.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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Wherewithal, sistered with Justice, Thou rulest and governest all things;
The Golden Sayings of Epictetus circa 55-135 AD Epictetus
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Is it thus, O Providence! thou governest the world?
Paras. 50-99 1909
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I have bestowed on thee the dignity of the divine crown; thou governest the two countries as a legitimate sovereign; I have given thee a high Nile, and it fills Egypt for thee with the abundance of riches and wealth; there is
Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings Epiphanius Wilson 1880
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"Sit down and tell me how Thou governest the province."
The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt Boles��aw Prus 1879
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O Jesus, King of glory, Who governest the whole world by a word, for no one can resist Thy power, how lowly, and poor, and weak, and despised, hast Thou willed to become for my sake!
Meditations on the Life and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. c. 1300-1361 1875
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