Category:Misrule

Mis*rule", v. t. & i.

Defn: To rule badly; to misgovern.

misrule Mis*rule", n.

1. The act, or the result, of misruling.

2. Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination. Enormous riot and misrule surveyed. Pope. Abbot, or Lord, of Misrule. See under Abbot, and Lord.