noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Misfortune, ill fate. archaic, uncountable

   "Whereto great comfort in her sad misfare / Was Amoret, companion of her care […]."

Verb

1. 1
   To go astray; to transgress, to sin. obsolete
2. 2
   To fare badly; to be unlucky. Scotland

Example

More examples

"Whereto great comfort in her sad misfare / Was Amoret, companion of her care […]."

Etymology

From Old English misfaran, corresponding to mis- + fare.

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