Mis-gŏv'ern, v. t.

verbtransitive

(-gŭv'ern), v. t. [imp. & p. p. MISGOVERNED; p. pr. & vb. n. MISGOVERNING.] To govern ill; to administer unfaithfully.

Solyman charged him bitterly that he had misgoverned the state. Knolles.