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Webster 1913 Edition
Miscarriage
Mis-car′riage
,Noun.
1.
Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a proper or desired result or reach a destination;
as, a serious
. miscarriage
of justiceWhen a counselor, to save himself,
Would lay
Would lay
miscarriages
upon his prince. Dryden.
2.
Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior;
as, the failings and
. miscarriages
of the righteousRogers.
Webster 1828 Edition
Miscarriage
MISCAR'RIAGE
,Noun.
When a counselor, to save himself,
Would lay miscarriages upon his prince.
1.
Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as the failings and miscarriages of the righteous.2.
Abortion; the act of bringing forth before the time.Definition 2024
miscarriage
miscarriage
English
Noun
miscarriage (countable and uncountable, plural miscarriages)
- (now rare except in miscarriage of justice) A failure; a mistake or error. [from 16th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ii:
- for feare least blame / Of her miscarriage should in her be fond, / She wist not how t'amend, nor how it to withstond.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ii:
- The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term. [from 17th c.]
Translations
termination of pregnancy
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Synonyms
- (termination of pregnancy): spontaneous abortion