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Webster 1913 Edition


Mischance

Mis-chance′

,
Noun.
[OE.
meschance
, OF.
mescheance
.]
Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap.
Chaucer.
Never come
mischance
between us twain.
Shakespeare
Syn. – Calamity; misfortune; misadventure; mishap; infelicity; disaster. See
Calamity
.

Mis-chance′

,
Verb.
I.
To happen by mischance.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mischance

MISCH`ANCE

,
Noun.
Ill luck; ill fortune; misfortune; mishap; misadventure.
It is a man's unhappiness, his mischance or calamity, but not his fault.