To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.
To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
To have or exercise a determining influence.
To exercise political authority; to run a government.
The act of governing
To subject; to put through a process.
To yield (something) to another, as when defeated.
To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.
To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
To yield or give way to another.