单词 | over-govern |
释义 | over-governv.ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule or govern [verb (transitive)] steera900 hold971 wieldOE warda1000 redeOE wisc1000 i-weldeOE rightlecheOE rightOE raima1325 governc1325 guyc1330 rulea1387 justicec1390 rekea1400 reigna1413 lorda1450 earlc1450 seignoryc1475 over-govern1485 overrulec1488 emperyc1503 gubern?a1505 signorize1594 sway1613 gubernate1623 overlead1720 belord1858 prime minister1906 1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) i. vi. sig. av It was grete shame vnto them all..to be ouer gouernyd with a boye of no hyghe blood borne. 2. transitive. To govern too much; to subject to too much government intervention. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule or govern [verb (transitive)] > excessively over-govern1845 1845 J. F. Cooper Chainbearer II. xii. 174 Nothing is easier..than to over-govern men; but..the political vice that comes next in the scale of facility, is to govern them too little. 1863 G. T. Lowth Wanderer West. France 205 He overgoverns his people, and so he makes them discontented. 1938 Sun (Baltimore) 16 Apr. 8 For five years he [sc. Roosevelt] has overregulated trade and industry. For five years he has overgoverned. 1979 London Rev. Bks. 25 Oct. 17/2 Never since 1945 has a government over-governed the country as much. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1485 |
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