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miscarriage |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Miscarriage \Mis*car"riage\, n. 1. Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a desired result or reach a destination. When a counselor, to save himself, Would lay miscarriages upon his prince. --Dryden. 2. Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as the failings and miscarriages of the righteous. --Rogers. 3. The act of bringing forth before the time; premature birth. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: miscarriage n 1: failure of a plan [syn: {abortion}] 2: a natural loss of the products of conception [syn: {spontaneous abortion}, {stillbirth}] [ant: {live birth}]
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