miscarry
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Verb (2)miscarried, miscarrying
- be unsuccessful“Where do today's public schools fail?”“The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably”Synonyms: failgo wrongMore general act, moveMore specific lose, botch, miss, fall, overreach, fall through, take it on the chin, strike out, shipwreck
- suffer a miscarriageOpposite carry to termMore general abort
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Mis·car′ry intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Miscarried; present participle & verbal noun 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.— William Shakespeare
The cardinal's letters to the pope miscarried.— William Shakespeare
2. To bring forth young before the time they are viable; to have a spontaneous abortion.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC