mesgoverner (s.xiv-xv)

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mesgoverner (s.xiv-xv)

[ gdw]

[ FEW: *4,299b gubernare; Gdf: 5,283c mesgouverner; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED:  misgovern v.; MED:  misgovernen v.; DMLBS: ]
 

v.a.

1to mismanage, govern badly
( s.xiv-xv )  pur ceo q'ils ount vieu le dit artifice ad esté mesgoverné et le overaigne de mesme l'artifice ad esté nounduement et nounable overee al profit du roy et de son people  i 61
( 1416 )  ascuns des ditz abbés, priours, et autres religiouses ensi mesgovernez, compassantz et ymaginantz de desceiver, et forbarrer, et delaier voz ditz lieges de lour droites  iv 104
governer#1  mesgovernaille  mesgovernance 
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