Govern and Prefer

Govern

Govern verb - To exercise authority or power over.

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Prefer and govern are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prefer" instead a verb "Govern".

Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.

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Govern and prefer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Govern" instead a verb "Prefer".

life	govern life	prefer life
people	govern people	prefer people
kind	govern kind	prefer kind
men	govern men	prefer men
Other words: use, world, magic, humans, games.

The Reformation Coalition following the fall of the Third Imperium has two major voting blocks, Centrists advocate a more centralized government along the lines of the feudal technocracies that govern most of their worlds, while Federalists prefer it more decentralized and democratic.

Source: Romanticism Versus Enlightenment

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