† gubernv.
Scottish. Obsolete.
transitive. = govern v. (in various senses).
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > rule or govern [verb (transitive)]
steera900
hold971
wieldOE
warda1000
redeOE
wisc1000
i-weldeOE
rightlecheOE
rightOE
raima1325
governc1325
guyc1330
rulea1387
justicec1390
rekea1400
reigna1413
lorda1450
earlc1450
seignoryc1475
over-govern1485
overrulec1488
emperyc1503
gubern?a1505
signorize1594
sway1613
gubernate1623
overlead1720
belord1858
prime minister1906
a1505 R. Henryson Prayer for Pest 65 in Poems (1981) 169 Superne lucerne, guberne this pestilens.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 83 Ȝerne, ws guberne, wirgin matern, Of reuth baith rute and ryne.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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