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Antonyms for miscarry


Grammar : Verb
Spell : mis-kar-ee; for 1 also mis-kar-ee
Phonetic Transcription : mɪsˈkær i; for 1 also ˈmɪsˌkær i



Definition of miscarry

Origin :
  • c.1300, "go astray;" mid-14c., "come to harm, perish;" of persons, "to die," of objects, "to be lost or destroyed," from mis- (1) "wrongly" + caryen "to carry" (see carry (v.)). Meaning "deliver unviable fetus" first recorded 1520s; that of "fail, come to naught" (of plans or designs) is from c.1600. Related: Miscarried; miscarrying.
  • verb lose fetus
  • verb fail to attain goal
Example sentences :
  • I am for that of Paris; it cannot miscarry; I have considered it well.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, Complete » by Jean Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz
  • Without these the Revolution will miscarry and our Dastur will not be worth a date-stone.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • The Cardinal's plans were, indeed, likely to miscarry if he persisted thus.
  • Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
  • “No, they not miscarry yet,” replied the Arab, with a grim smile.
  • Extract from : « Black Ivory » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • It grieves me mightily; for it will be a sad houre to the family should she miscarry.
  • Extract from : « Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete » by Samuel Pepys
  • And indeed, how should they miscarry, when they never come before their time?
  • Extract from : « The Journal to Stella » by Jonathan Swift
  • If we miscarry on Wednesday, I believe it will be by some strange sort of neglect.
  • Extract from : « The Journal to Stella » by Jonathan Swift
  • If He have the guiding of my flock and state, it shall not miscarry.
  • Extract from : « Letters of Samuel Rutherford » by Samuel Rutherford
  • This is the motion: and certainly no enemy to the Senate could wish it to miscarry.
  • Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton
  • But question may be made: what though the Wares should miscarry?
  • Extract from : « German Society at the Close of the Middle Ages » by Ernest Belfort Bax

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