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miscarry [mɪsˈkærɪ] vb -ries, -rying, -ried (intr)
1. (Medicine / Gynaecology & Obstetrics) to expel a fetus prematurely from the womb; abort 2. to fail all her plans miscarried 3. (Business / Commerce) Brit (of freight, mail, etc.) to fail to reach a destination ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
miscarry verb 1. have a miscarriage, lose your baby, have a spontaneous abortion Many women who miscarry eventually have healthy babies. 2. fail, go wrong, fall through, come to nothing, misfire, go astray, go awry, come to grief, go amiss, go pear-shaped (informal), gang agley (Scot.) My career miscarried when I thought I had everything. Translations miscarry vi (Med) → eine Fehlgeburt haben (= fail: plans) → fehllaufen, fehlschlagen (form, letter, goods) → fehlgeleitet werden miscarry [ˌmɪsˈkærɪ] vi a. (Med) → abortire b. (fail, plans) → andare a monte, fallire miscarry [ˌmɪsˈkærɪ] vi a. (Med) → abortire b. (fail, plans) → andare a monte, fallire How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In the course of this affair I fell very ill, and my melancholy really increased my distemper; my illness proved at length to be only an ague, but my apprehensions were really that I should miscarry. While they were thus deliberating upon our fate, we were imploring the succour of the Almighty with fervent and humble supplications, entreating him in the midst of our sighs and tears that he would not suffer his own cause to miscarry, and that, however it might please him to dispose of our lives--which, we prayed, he would assist us to lay down with patience and resignation worthy of the faith for which we were persecuted--he would not permit our enemies to triumph over the truth. A face to make a woman miscarry better than all the drugs and medicines |
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