The act of governing
To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
To exercise political authority; to run a government.
To have or exercise a determining influence.
(grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.