Hyphenation of govern

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word govern? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

gov-ern

Definitions of govern:

1.	Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage Impose regulations We cannot regulate the way people dress This town likes to regulate
2.	Direct or strongly influence the behavior of His belief in God governs his conduct
3.	Exercise authority over As of nations Who is governing the country now?
4.	Require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood Most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German

Synonyms of govern:

verb	regulate, regularize, regularise, order, decide, make up one's mind, determine
verb	control, command
verb	rule, control, command
verb	necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand

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Hyphenator

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