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  • present participle of govern.
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governing

ADJECTIVE
commanding
Synonyms
STRONGEST
administrative dominant guiding ruling
STRONG
absolute ascendant conducting controlling determining directing dominating executive mastering ordering overseeing restraining superintending
WEAK
authoritative gubernatorial influential magisterial presidential regulatory supervisory supreme
Antonyms
STRONGEST
inferior subordinate
WEAK
powerless tributary

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Fraulein's wide smile was creasing and caverning under her hat from which the veil was thrown back.

From Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 by Richardson, Dorothy Miller

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