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oducts of the human intellect, or to human institutions and undertakings, as a science, a government, an army, a war, etc. This original and supreme will organizes the government. Cranch.

to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act; as, the scheme originated with the governor and council.

hings required for equipment; the expense of, or allowance made for, equipment, as by the government of the United States to a diplomatic agent going abroad.

Above in authority or station; -- implying government, direction, care, attention, guard, responsibility, etc.; -- opposed to Ant: under. Thou shalt be over my house. Gen. xli. 40. I will make thee rules over many things. Matt. xxv. 23. Dost thou not watch over my sin Job xiv. 16. His tender mercies are over all his wo…

of notes or bonds, exceeding the limit of capital, credit, or authority. An overissue of government paper. Brougham.

To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern.

To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.

One who, or that which, controls, governs, or determines. Sir P. Sidney.

To cause to fall, or to tail; to subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset a government or a plot. Addison.

Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, or vessel. See Packet, n., 2. -- Packet day, the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or the s…

Government by a pope; papal rule.

in phrases taken from the French, being sometimes written as a part of the word which it governs; as, par amour, or paramour; par cas, or parcase; par fay, or parfay.

Two or more metals coined without any attempt by the government to regulate their values.

the white of an egg. Arbuthnot. The parcels of the nation adopted different forms of self-government. J. A. Symonds.

To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade. The French government has parried the payment of our claims. E. Everett.

a sentence, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by government or agreement; to analyze and describe grammatically. Let him construe the letter into English, and parse it over perfectly. Ascham.

An honorary title given to officers of high rank in Turkey, as to governers of provinces, military commanders, etc. The earlier form was bashaw. [Written also pacha.]

the muscles which ordinarily move the part. -- Passive obedience (as used by writers on government), obedience or submission of the subject or citizen as a duty in all cases to the existing government. -- Passive prayer, among mystic divines, a suspension of the activity of the soul or intellectual faculties, the so…

st endurance." Macaulay. Until we be past thy borders. Num. xxi. 22. Love, when once past government, is consequently past shame. L'Estrange.

One who pastes; as, a paster in a government department.