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misfare

/ˈmɪsfɛː//mɪsˈfɛː/

misfare verb: to go astray; to transgress, to sin.

Verb

misfare (third-person singular simple present misfares, present participle misfaring, simple past and past participle misfared)

  1. (obsolete) To go astray; to transgress, to sin.
  2. (Scotland) To fare badly; to be unlucky.

Noun

misfare (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Misfortune, ill fate.
    • Whereto great comfort in her sad misfare / Was Amoret, companion of her care […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of misfare

third-person singular presentmisfares
present participlemisfaring
past participlemisfared
pastmisfared

Origin of misfare

From Old English misfaran, corresponding to mis- + fare.

Questions about misfare

What does misfare mean?
Misfare means to go astray; to transgress, to sin.
What part of speech is misfare?
Misfare can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce misfare?
Misfare is pronounced /mɪsˈfɛː/ (UK).
What is the past tense of misfare?
The past tense of misfare is misfared.

Words near misfare in the dictionary

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

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