| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Miscarry.[Websters]
2. To be abortioned. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have anticipated or aborted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have misfired or fluffed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have disappeared or vanished. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have strayed or straggled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have wrecked or shipwrecked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have busted, crashed or smashed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have collapsed or slumped. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have slipped, erred or stumbled.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb miscarry.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (miscarry) | 1. Be unsuccessful.[Wordnet]. 2. Suffer a miscarriage.[Wordnet]. 3. To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat.[Websters]. 4. To bring forth young before the proper time.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: miscarrying, miscarried, miscarries, miscarrier, miscarriers, miscarryingly and miscarriedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being abortive or stillborn.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "MISCARRIED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1469. (references) |
Specialty Definition: miscarry
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] 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.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] To abort a foetus, usually without intent to do so; to experience a miscarriage. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
