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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.
It is a man's unhappiness, his mischance or calamity, but not his fault.
Definition 2024
mischance
mischance
English
Noun
mischance (plural mischances)
- Bad luck, misfortune.
- 1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, V.2:
- But let this same be presently perform'd / Even when men's minds are wild, lest more mischance / On plots and errors happen.
- 1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, V.2:
- A mishap, an unlucky circumstance.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.3:
- He doth miraculously protect from thieves, incursions, sword, fire, and all violent mischances […]
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.3:
Verb
mischance (third-person singular simple present mischances, present participle mischancing, simple past and past participle mischanced)
- (transitive) To undergo (a misfortune); to suffer (something unfortunate).