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misfalne

misfalne 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 misfalne

What is misfalne the past participle of?
Misfalne is the past participle of misfall.

Words near misfalne in the dictionary

  1. misfaiths
  2. misfall
  3. misfallen
  4. misfalling
  5. misfalls
  6. misfalne
  7. misfare
  8. misfared
  9. misfares
  10. misfaring
  11. misfarm

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