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misfallen

misfallen is the past participle of misfall.

Meaning of misfall

Verb

misfall (third-person singular simple present misfalls, present participle misfalling, simple past misfell, past participle misfallen)

  1. (ambitransitive) To befall badly or incorrectly; happen unfortunately (to); mishappen; turn out badly.
    • Sometime ſhe feared, leaſt ſome hard miſhap / Had him misfalne in his aduenturous queſt; [...]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 4, page 257

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Questions about misfallen

What is misfallen the past participle of?
Misfallen is the past participle of misfall.

Words near misfallen in the dictionary

  1. misfactors
  2. misfacts
  3. misfaith
  4. misfaiths
  5. misfall
  6. misfallen
  7. misfalling
  8. misfalls
  9. misfalne
  10. misfare
  11. misfared

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