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misbefell

misbefell is the simple past 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 misbefell

What is misbefell the simple past of?
Misbefell is the simple past of misbefall.

Words near misbefell in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misbefell (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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