Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Government

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Government


Subjects in this Topic:

(1):

(n.) The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.

(2):

(n.) The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.

(3):

(n.) The right or power of governing; authority.

(4):

(n.) The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.

(5):

(n.) The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.

(6):

(n.) Management of the limbs or body.

(7):

(n.) The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.