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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance.

Consider why the change was wrought,
You ’ll find his

misfortune

, not his fault.

Addison.

Syn. – Calamity; mishap; mischance; misadventure; ill; harm; disaster. See

Verb.

To happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry; to fail.

[Obs.]

Stow.

Noun.

Ill fortune; ill luck; calamity; an evil or cross accident; as loss of property at sea or by fire.

Consider why the change was wrought,

You'll find it his misfortune, not his fault.