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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Miscarry \Mis*car"ry\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Miscarried; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Miscarrying.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination,
        or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to
        suffer defeat.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              My ships have all miscarried.         --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The cardinal's letters to the pope miscarried.
                                                    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To bring forth young before the time they are viable; to
        have a spontaneous abortion.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  miscarry
       v 1: be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?";
            "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
            [syn: fail, go wrong] [ant: succeed]
       2: suffer a miscarriage [ant: carry to term]
       [also: miscarried]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  miscarry
     vb.
     1 (lb en obsolete) To have an unfortunate accident of some kind; to
  be killed, or come to harm.  14th 18th c.)
     2 (lb en now rare) To go astray; to do something wrong. (from 14th
  c.)
     3 To have a miscarriage; to involuntarily abort a foetus. (from 16th
  c.)
     4 To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong
  (of a business, project etc.). (from 16th c.)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  miscarry
     vb.
     1 (lb en obsolete) To have an unfortunate accident of some kind; to
  be killed, or come to harm.  14th 18th c.)
     2 (lb en now rare) To go astray; to do something wrong. (from 14th
  c.)
     3 To have a miscarriage; to involuntarily abort a foetus. (from 16th
  c.)
     4 To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong
  (of a business, project etc.). (from 16th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  miscarry
     vb.
     1 (lb en obsolete) To have an unfortunate accident of some kind; to
  be killed, or come to harm.  14th 18th c.)
     2 (lb en now rare) To go astray; to do something wrong. (from 14th
  c.)
     3 To have a miscarriage; to involuntarily abort a foetus. (from 16th
  c.)
     4 To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong
  (of a business, project etc.). (from 16th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  miscarry
     vb.
     1 (lb en obsolete) To have an unfortunate accident of some kind; to
  be killed, or come to harm.  14th 18th c.)
     2 (lb en now rare) To go astray; to do something wrong. (from 14th
  c.)
     3 To have a miscarriage; to involuntarily abort a foetus. (from 16th
  c.)
     4 To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong
  (of a business, project etc.). (from 16th c.)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  miscarry
     Englanti vb.
     saada keskenmeno

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Miscarry /mɪskˈaɹi/
  أجهض

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  miscarry //ˌmɪsˈkæɹi// 
  1. не сполучвам
  to fail to achieve
  2. абортирам
  to involuntarily abort a foetus

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  miscarry /mɪskˈaɹi/ 
  potratit