misgo

i. [Pref. mis-, and Eng. go (q. v.).] 1. To go wrong; to go astray; to go out of the way. 2. To miscarry. "Some whole fleets of cargoes misgone."-Carlyle: Reminiscences, i. 169. had ruinously mis-got-ten, a. [Pref. mis-, and English gotten (q.v.).] Got or gained by improper, unlawful, or unjust means. mis-gov-ern, v. t. [Pref. mis-, and Eng, govern (q. v.).] To govern ill; to administer unfaithfully. "Now if any (misgoverning their own wittes) do fortune to use that for a spurre, which I had heere appointed for a bridle, I can none otherwise lament it." -Gas coigne: To the Readers generally . *mis-gov-er-nance, s. [Pref. mis- , and gover nance (q. v.).] Ill-government, misgovernment, disorder, misconduct, misbehavior.