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Webster 1913 Edition


Misfall

Mis-fall′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Misfell
;
p. p.
Misfallen
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Misfalling
.]
To befall, as ill luck; to happen to unluckily.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Misfall

MISFALL'

,
Verb.
T.
To befall, as ill luck; to happen to unluckily.

Definition 2024


misfall

misfall

English

Verb

misfall (third-person singular simple present misfalls, present participle misfalling, simple past misfell, past participle misfallen)

  1. (intransitive) To befall badly or incorrectly; happen unfortunately (to); mishappen; turn out badly.
    • 1889, Henry Morley, Early prose romances:
      [...] let us abide together that, one with the counsel and that other with the deed, then may there nothing misfall to usward.
    • 2009, Eric B. Hare, Skyscrapers:
      However, the principal and his students worked hard, and they soon had the buildings in shape for use and the farm doing as well as possible. Then a terrible misfortune misfell one of the neighbors who was most bitter in his tirades.

Noun

misfall (plural misfalls)

  1. A mishap; accident; bad luck; misfortune.
    • 1875, Julian Hawthorne, Saxon studies:
      But alas! an unlooked- for misfall has occurred."