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Miscarry definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MISCAR'RY, v.i. To fail of the intended effect; not to succeed; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat; applied to persons or undertakings, and to things. We say, a project, scheme, design, enterprise, attempt, has miscarried.
Have you not heart of Frederick, the great soldier, who miscarried at sea?
My ships have all miscarried.
1. To bring forth young before the proper time; to suffer abortion.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" [syn: fail, go wrong, miscarry] [ant: bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win]
2: suffer a miscarriage [ant: carry to term]

Merriam Webster's

intransitive verb Date: 14th century 1. obsolete to come to harm 2. to suffer miscarriage of a fetus 3. to fail to achieve the intended purpose ; go wrong or amiss <the plan miscarried> 4. to fail to reach the intended destination <the letter has miscarried>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. (-ies, -ied) 1 (of a woman) have a miscarriage. 2 Brit. (of a letter etc.) fail to reach its destination. 3 (of a business, plan, etc.) fail, be unsuccessful.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Miscarry Mis*car"ry, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Miscarried; p. pr. & vb. n. Miscarrying.] 1. To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat. My ships have all miscarried. --Shak. The cardinal's letters to the pope miscarried. --Shak. 2. To bring forth young before the proper time.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(miscarries, miscarrying, miscarried) If a woman miscarries, she has a miscarriage. Many women who miscarry eventually have healthy babies. VERB: V, also V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. 1. Fail, be unsuccessful, be defeated. 2. Go wrong, fail.

Moby Thesaurus

abort, break down, come to grief, die, fail, fall through, flop, founder, go amiss, go astray, go awry, go wrong, misfire, miss, miss out, miss stays, miss the boat, miss the mark, perish