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单词 over-govern
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over-governv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈɡʌvn/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈɡəvərn/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, govern v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + govern v. With sense 2 compare earlier overgoverned adj., overgoverning n.
1. transitive. To rule over. Obsolete. rare.
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.
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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).
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