Definition of "miscarried" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of miscarry. (verb)

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• "In spite, however, of these promising auguries, the affair again miscarried."
• "It cannot, therefore, be said that the Christian work of emancipation has really 'miscarried': there merely lie two thousand years between the beginning and the completion of the work undertaken by Christ."
• "Did Monsieur your father guess how Andrea's affections have "-- I caught the word" miscarried "betimes, and substituted --" gone against his wishes, his opposition is not a thing to be doubted. ""