transitive. To direct, guide, control, rule. Cf. rech, v. 2. Obsolete.

transitive. To direct, guide, manage (a thing); to have under one's control.

To manage (a person, country, etc.); to direct, rule, govern, control. Obsolete.

To put or keep straight, or in right order. To keep in right order; to regulate, control, govern the actions of.

In pregnant sense: To hold so as to keep in position, guide, control, or manage, as to hold the sceptre, the reins, the plough.

transitive. To plan and direct (an ingenious crime, complex enterprise, etc.); to be the mastermind behind such an activity.

transitive. In extended use and figurative. To direct or coordinate (an operation); to lead.