Miscarry
[mɪs'kærɪ]
Definition
(v. i.) To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat.
(v. i.) To bring forth young before the proper time.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Fail, be unsuccessful, be defeated.[2]. Go wrong, fail in conveyance.
Editor: Susanna
Examples
- But if they find their project has miscarried, they return home, and, for want of enemies, engage in what I call a civil war among themselves. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- If it miscarried, I will send another. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I am sorry my letter of 1767, concerning the American disputes, miscarried. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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