The Collaborative International Dictionary
Miscarry \Mis*car"ry\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Miscarried; p. pr. & vb. n. Miscarrying.]
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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. To bring forth young before the time they are viable; to have a spontaneous abortion.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: miscarry)
WordNet
v. be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" [syn: fail, go wrong] [ant: succeed]
suffer a miscarriage [ant: carry to term]
[also: miscarried]
See miscarry
Usage examples of "miscarried".
But Etarr had fallen sick and miscarried, and Igraine had enough intuition not to ask Gwen why she looked so pleased at the event.
And when she had been pregnant, in the first year of their marriage—when she had taken a fever and miscarried the child within five months—she could not bear to have any of her ladies about her, and Morgaine had cared for her almost like a mother.
Yet everyone knew a breeding woman was more like to miscarry if she rode a fast horse, and already twice she had miscarried a child—did they want her to lose Arthur’s son this time too?
I think she miscarried because of the heat, and the close confinement in the castle, and her own fear of the Saxons .
And when she had been pregnant, in the first year of their marriage-when she had taken a fever and miscarried the child within five months-she could not bear to have any of her ladies about her, and Morgaine had cared for her almost like a mother.
Yet everyone knew a breeding woman was more like to miscarry if she rode a fast horse, and already twice she had miscarried a child-did they want her to lose Arthur's son this time too?
Knowing that Sharon had miscarried both frightened her and made her feel less alone.
Her most recent letter said she'd miscarried again, and he sensed her deep disappointment.