miscarry

[mis-kar-ee; for 1 also mis-kar-ee] Origin

mis·car·ry

[mis-kar-ee; for 1 also mis-kar-ee]
verb (used without object), mis·car·ried, mis·car·ry·ing.
1.
to have a miscarriage of a fetus.
2.
to fail to attain the right or desired end; be unsuccessful: The plan miscarried.
3.
to go astray or be lost in transit, as a letter.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English miscarien. See mis-1, carry
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miscarry (mɪsˈkærɪ)
 
vb , -ries, -rying, -ried
1.  to expel a fetus prematurely from the womb; abort
2.  to fail: all her plans miscarried
3.  (Brit) (of freight, mail, etc) to fail to reach a destination

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Word Origin & History

miscarry
mid-14c., "to come to harm, perish;" of persons, "to die," of objects, "to be lost or destroyed," from mis- (1) "wrongly" + caryen "carry" (see carry). Meaning "deliver unviable fetus" first recorded 1520s; that of "fail, come to naught" (of plans or designs) is from c.1600.
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Medical Dictionary

miscarry mis·car·ry (mĭs'kār'ē, mĭs-kār'ē)
v. mis·car·ried, mis·car·ry·ing, mis·car·ries
To have a miscarriage; abort.

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