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单词 misgovern
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misgovernv.

Brit. /ˌmɪsˈɡʌvn/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈɡəvərn/
Forms: see mis- prefix1 and govern v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, govern v.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + govern v. Compare slightly earlier misgovernance n. Compare Middle French mesgouverner (1530 in an isolated attestation in Palsgrave).
1.
a. transitive. To guide, direct, or govern (a person) wrongly or badly, to fail to control (a person or thing) (now rare). Also reflexive: †to behave badly or wrongly, misbehave (obsolete).Now only in misgoverned adj.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > behave badly [verb (reflexive)]
misbearc1300
misguyc1375
misleada1393
misrulea1393
misgovernc1400
misordera1450
misbehave1475
misdemeana1525
mishave1528
misuse1532
dismeanor1598
misdemeanour1620
misconduct1812
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > misbehaviour > [verb (transitive)]
misgovernc1400
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > be unskilled in [verb (transitive)] > manage unskilfully
misleadc1225
misrulea1393
misgovernc1400
miscook?1507
mishandle1530
maladminister1649
mismanage1692
misconduct1755
c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 223 (MED) Grete pitee hit was also þat soche a noble Kyng shulde ben desceyuede and mysgouernede þrouȝ false Spensers.
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 148 (MED) He techyth his dyscyples to mysgouerne here tungys.
1493 Festivall (1515) (de Worde) f. 75 Then Iohan blamed hym and sayd yt he had mysgouerned the chylde.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxix Brydellynge and punyshinge of suche as there had mysgouerned them selfes.
a1577 G. Gascoigne Wks. (1587) To Rdr. ¶¶¶ j b If any (misgouerning their owne wittes) doe fortune to vse that for a Spurre, which I had heere appoynted for a Brydle.
1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 76 They..feele..grieuous woundes in their bodies, either for that their children misgouerne themselues, or their wiues behaue themselues vsurpingly.
1625 in S. A. Gillon Sel. Justiciary Cases (1953) I. 20 He misgovernit himselff be extraordiner drinking and beiring company.
1710 M. Henry Life Lieut. Illidge in Wks. (1853) II. 578/1 Our own wills have undone us; they have misgoverned us.
b. intransitive. To behave badly or wrongly, misbehave. Obsolete.
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a1475 Cato's Distichs (Rawl.) 449 in Englische Studien (1906) 36 39 (MED) Discretly vse thi wonnen thing And wast it noght mysgouernyng; When men here good han wasted al, Aftir other mennys good seken thei schal.
c1500 in Grose's Antiquarian Repertory (1809) IV. 407 A Shawme..yf it be blowne withe to a veheme[n]t wynde, It makithe it to mysgoverne oute of his kynde.
2. transitive. To direct and control the affairs of (a state, etc.) wrongly or badly; to mismanage the government of (a state, etc.).
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society > authority > rule or government > misrule or misgovernment > misrule or misgovern [verb (transitive)]
misrulea1393
misgovernc1485
misguidea1513
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 240 For dout yat the realme suld be mysgouernyt, the pape hastit to mak prouisioun of a king.
1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (1610) 73 Misgouern'd both my Kingdome and my life, I gaue my selfe to ease.
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. xi. sig. Ee3v Our wonder, that the Rulers of States..should oftentimes mis-govern them.
1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. iv. 132 His little Margravinate was misgoverned enough for a great Empire.
1889 Sat. Rev. 30 Mar. 371/2 All Oriental nations under Oriental rule are misgoverned.
1969 J. M. Gullick Malaysia ii. 54 The Malay States until 1874 were governed or misgoverned under a system which was Malay custom.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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