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misbefallen

misbefallen is the simple past and past participle of misbefall.

Meaning of misbefall

Verb

misbefall (third-person singular simple present misbefalls, present participle misbefalling, simple past misbefell, past participle misbefallen)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) Of an event, to happen unfortunately to (a person).
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) Of an event, to happen unfortunately.

Questions about misbefallen

What is misbefallen the simple past and past participle of?
Misbefallen is the simple past and past participle of misbefall.

Words near misbefallen in the dictionary

  1. misbecomes
  2. misbecoming
  3. misbecomingly
  4. misbecomingness
  5. misbefall
  6. misbefallen
  7. misbefalling
  8. misbefalls
  9. misbefell
  10. misbefitting
  11. misbeget

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misbefallen (page history and authors); misbefall (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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