mishappen en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /mɪsˈhap(ə)n/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle English mishapnen, equivalent to mis- + happen.
Meanings
- (obsolete) To encounter grief or misfortune.
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(archaic) To happen through misfortune.
His fearefull friends weare out the wofull night, / Ne dare to weepe, nor seeme to vnderstand / The heauie hap, which on them is alight, / Affraid, least to themselues the like mishappen might.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- (intransitive) To happen ill; fare ill.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mishappening | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| mishappened | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| mishappened | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| mishappens | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |