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mis⋅gov⋅ern

  [mis-guhv-ern]
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–verb (used with object)
to govern or manage badly.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME misgovernen. See mis- 1 , govern

Related forms:
mis⋅gov⋅ern⋅ment, mis⋅gov⋅ern⋅ance, noun
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mis·gov·ern   (mĭs-gŭv'ərn)   
tr.v.   mis·gov·erned, mis·gov·ern·ing, mis·gov·erns
To govern inefficiently or badly.
mis·gov'ern·ment n., mis·gov'er·nor n.
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Misgovern

Mis*gov"ern\, v. t. To govern ill; as, to misgovern a country. --Knolles.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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