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Miscarry

//ˌmɪsˈkæɹi// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To have an unfortunate accident of some kind; to be killed, or come to harm. obsolete
  2. 2
    suffer a miscarriage wordnet
  3. 3
    To go astray; to do something wrong. archaic
  4. 4
    be unsuccessful wordnet
  5. 5
    To have a miscarriage; to involuntarily abort a foetus.
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  1. 6
    To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong (of a business, project etc.).

    "So, if a Sonne that is by his Father ſent about Merchandize, doe ſinfully miſcarry vpon the Sea; the imputation of his vvickedneſſe, by your rule, ſhould be impoſed vpon his Father that ſent him: […]"

  2. 7
    Of a letter etc.: to fail to reach its intended recipient.

    "Sir Nathaniel, this Biron is one of the votaries with the king; and here he hath framed a letter to a sequent of the stranger queen's, which accidentally, or by the way of progression, hath miscarried."

Etymology

From Middle English miscarien. By surface analysis, mis- + carry.

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