Word Meanings - MISGOVERN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To govern ill; as, to misgovern a country. Knolles.
Related words: (words related to MISGOVERN)
- COUNTRY-DANCE
See MACUALAY - MISGOVERNED
Ill governed, as a people; ill directed. "Rude, misgoverned hands." Shak. - COUNTRY SEAT
A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city. - MISGOVERNMENT
Bad government; want of government. Shak. - GOVERNORSHIP
The office of a governor. - GOVERNABLENESS
The quality of being governable; manageableness. - GOVERNANCE
Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement. Chaucer. J. H. Newman. - COUNTRY CLUB
A club usually located in the suburbs or vicinity of a city or town and devoted mainly to outdoor sports. - GOVERNMENTAL
Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties. - COUNTRYSIDE
A particular rural district; a country neighborhood. W. Black. Blackmore. - GOVERNMENT
The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case. (more info) 1. The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, - GOVERNING
Requiring a particular case. (more info) 1. Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state. Jay. - GOVERNANTE
A governess. Sir W. Scott. - GOVERNABILITY
Governableness. - COUNTRY BANK
A national bank not in a reserve city. - MISGOVERN
To govern ill; as, to misgovern a country. Knolles. - GOVERNOR
A pilot; a steersman. (more info) gouverneur, fr. L. gubernator steersman, ruler, governor. See 1. One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of - COUNTRYMAN
1. An inhabitant or native of a region. Shak. 2. One born in the same country with another; a compatriot; -- used with a possessive pronoun. In perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen. 2 Cor. xi. 26. 3. One who - COUNTRYWOMAN
A woman born, or dwelling, in the country, as opposed to the city; a woman born or dwelling in the same country with another native or inhabitant. Shak. - COUNTRY-BASE
See BASE - UNGOVERNABLE
Not governable; not capable of being governed, ruled, or restrained; licentious; wild; unbridled; as, ungovernable passions. -- Un*gov"ern*a*bly, adv. Goldsmith. - UPCOUNTRY
In an upcountry direction; as, to live upcountry. - RELAY GOVERNOR
A speed regulator, as a water-wheel governor, embodying the relay principle.