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misˈruled, ppl. a.
[mis-1 2.]
1. Disorderly; lawless; unruly. Obs. or arch.
a1400Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) i. xlii, A fals mysruled loue of man to hymselfe. c1400Apol. Loll. 101 Þat it [sc. a vow] be made wiþ deliberacoun, þat þe purpos or entent be not misrewlid. 1495Act II Hen. VII, c. 2 §3 Vagaboundes and other mysruled persones. 1532More Confut. Barnes viii. Wks. 777/2 Agaynst murderers & theues and against al other viciouse & mysseruled persons. 1563in Robertson Hist. Scot. (1759) II. App. 15 Except we put better order unto our misruled papists. 1829Scott Antiq. xxvii, I may weel tak the tale hame to mysell, that hae led a misruled and roving life.
2. Badly ruled or governed.
1829F. Glasse Belgic Past. iii. 52 Misruled nations in vain wars engage. 1873Brit. Q. Rev. LVII. 500 The state of Ireland..was that of a misruled dependency. |