Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
govern badly;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Misgovern \Mis*gov"ern\, v. t.
To govern badly; as, to misgovern a country. --Knolles.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
misgovern
v 1: govern badly