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Definition of Misgoverns
1. misgovern [v] - See also: misgovern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misgoverns
Literary usage of Misgoverns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1857)
"But when the Minister misgoverns in his executive capacity, or when he proves
himself incapable of directing the separated energies of the Parliament by ..."
2. The War with Mexico by Justin Harvey Smith (1919)
"We believe in the right of revolution, which means that when a country misgoverns
persistently a considerable part of the population, it forfeits all claims ..."
3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"He misgoverns the duchy and alienates the people from him. to the presidency of
Florence. 1469 Death of Piero de' Medici. His sons Lorenzo and Giuliano ..."
4. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"... he misgoverns the ship, to their certain shipwreck without prevention, because,
by his so governing thereof, he hazards both his own life and theirs, ..."
5. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"It interferes when any chief misgoverns his people; rebukes, and if needful
removes, the oppressor; protects the weak; and firmly imposes peace upon all. ..."
6. The Fortnightly Review (1884)
"I do not allege that America, any more than France, is prepared to fight with
England because she misgoverns Ireland. On the contrary, I hold that ..."
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