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misfare en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmɪsfɛː/
• /mɪsˈfɛː/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (archaic, uncountable) 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:

misfare en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmɪsfɛː/
• /mɪsˈfɛː/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms