MISCARRY

miscarry

(verb) suffer a miscarriage

fail, go wrong, miscarry

(verb) be unsuccessful; “Where do today’s public schools fail?”; “The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

miscarry (third-person singular simple present miscarries, present participle miscarrying, simple past and past participle miscarried)

(obsolete) To have an unfortunate accident of some kind; to be killed, or come to harm. [14th-18th c.]

(now rare) To go astray; to do something wrong. [from 14th c.]

To have a miscarriage; to abort a foetus, usually without intent to do so. [from 16th c.]

To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong (of a business, project etc.). [from 16th c.]

Of a letter etc.: to fail to reach its intended recipient. [from 16th c.]

Source: Wiktionary

Mis*car"ry, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Miscarried; p. pr. & vb. n. Miscarrying.]

1. 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.

2. To bring forth young before the proper time.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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