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misbefalling

misbefalling is the present participle and gerund 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 misbefalling

What is misbefalling the present participle and gerund of?
Misbefalling is the present participle and gerund of misbefall.

Words near misbefalling in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misbefalling (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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