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Webster 1913 Edition


Misgovern

Mis-gov′ern

,
Verb.
T.
To govern badly;
as, to
misgovern
a country
.
Knolles.

Webster 1828 Edition


Misgovern

MISGOV'ERN

,
Verb.
T.
To govern ill; to administer unfaithfully.
Solyman charged him bitterly that he had misgoverned the state.

Definition 2024


misgovern

misgovern

English

Verb

misgovern (third-person singular simple present misgoverns, present participle misgoverning, simple past and past participle misgoverned)

  1. (transitive) To govern badly or wrongly.

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