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mis⋅car⋅ry

  [mis-kar-ee; for 1 also mis-kar-ee]
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–verb (used without object), -ried, -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; ME miscarien. See mis- 1 , carry
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mis·car·ry   (mĭs'kār'ē, mĭs-kār'ē)   
v.   mis·car·ried, mis·car·ry·ing, mis·car·ries

v.   intr.

  1. To have a miscarriage

  2. To go astray or be lost in transit, as mail or cargo.

  3. To fail to attain an intended goal, as a plan or project.

v.   tr.
To have a miscarriage of (an embryo or fetus).
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Word Origin & History

miscarry 
1340, "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 1527; that of "fail, come to naught" (of plans or designs) is from 1607. Miscarriage is attested from 1662; miscarriage of justice is from 1875.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mis·car·ry
Pronunciation: (')mis-'kar-E
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: -ried; -ry·ing
: tosuffer miscarriage of a fetus <miscarried several times before a viable offspring was born> —compare ABORT
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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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