disgovernv.
transitive. To leave ungoverned; to refrain from governing.Apparently an isolated use.
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society > authority > rule or government > rule or govern [verb (transitive)] > refrain from governing
disgovern1878
1878 H. Wright Mental Trav. 78 The object of statesmanship at Nomunniburgh is not to govern but to disgovern as much as possible.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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v.1878- to put up to the hammer
- to put up with
- to put up, turn up hair
- to put up, turn up one's hair
- to put upon
- to put upon an issue
- to put upon her mettle
- to put upon his mettle
- to put upon issue
- to put upon record
- to put venture all one's eggs in one basket
- to put voodoo on
- to put water in a person's worts
- to put where the sun don't shine
- to put wise
- to put wise to
- to put with the stone
- to put words into a person's mouth
- to put years on a person
- to put yorkshire on one
- to put your heads together
- to put, drive, reduce, etc to the last shifts
- to put, etc, under the spear
- to put, lay, lay down or set a thing at stake or at the stake
- to put, lay, lay down or set at stake or at the stake