Definition of Misruled

1. Verb. (past of misrule) ¹

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Definition of Misruled

1. misrule [v] - See also: misrule

Lexicographical Neighbors of Misruled

misrepresenters
misrepresenting
misrepresents
misrepute
misreputed
misreputing
misrhyme
misrhymed
misrhymes
misrhyming
misroute
misrouted
misroutes
misrouting
misrule
misruled (current term)
misrules
misruling
misruly
miss
miss a beat
miss a trick
miss fire
miss out
miss the boat
miss the mark
miss the point
missa
missable
missae

Literary usage of Misruled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great by John Bagnell Bury (1913)
"... misruled Acragas, as he had already misruled Himera. But for some unknown reason he had the folly to go to war with Hieron, who discomfited him in a ..."

2. Eloquence of the United States by E. B. Williston (1827)
"But they have passed away; and of all the millions they misruled, the millions they would have misruled, how few remain! Another race is there to lament the ..."

3. The Speeches of the Late Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, Bart.: Delivered by Robert Peel (1853)
"You assert that we have misruled Ireland, and you argue that we must adopt the policy you ... misruled her. Without discussing the truth of that assertion, ..."

4. The English Republic by William James Linton (1851)
"... have the ' rulers ' of a country so barbarously misruled a land, as England's Government has misruled Ireland. But England's Government is not England. ..."

5. Writings of Charles Sprague: Now First Collected by Charles Sprague (1841)
"But they have passed away; and of all the millions they misruled, the millions they would have misruled, how few remain! Another race is there to lament the ..."

6. Visitation Articles and Injunctions of the Period of the Reformation by Walter Howard Frere, William Paul McClure Kennedy, Church of England (1910)
"... who shall see good rule and order in the church in time of Divine Service; and if any misruled person be, that he may be presented by them; ..."

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