Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to miscarry
Participle: miscarried
Gerund: miscarrying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | miscarry |
| you | miscarry |
| he;she;it | miscarries |
| we | miscarry |
| you | miscarry |
| they | miscarry |
Perfect
| I | have miscarried |
| you | have miscarried |
| he;she;it | has miscarried |
| we | have miscarried |
| you | have miscarried |
| they | have miscarried |
Past
| I | miscarried |
| you | miscarried |
| he;she;it | miscarried |
| we | miscarried |
| you | miscarried |
| they | miscarried |
Pluperfect
| I | had miscarried |
| you | had miscarried |
| he;she;it | had miscarried |
| we | had miscarried |
| you | had miscarried |
| they | had miscarried |
Future
| I | will miscarry |
| you | will miscarry |
| he;she;it | will miscarry |
| we | will miscarry |
| you | will miscarry |
| they | will miscarry |
Future Perfect
| I | will have miscarried |
| you | will have miscarried |
| he;she;it | will have miscarried |
| we | will have miscarried |
| you | will have miscarried |
| they | will have miscarried |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | miscarry |
| you | miscarry |
| he;she;it | miscarry |
| we | miscarry |
| you | miscarry |
| they | miscarry |
Perfect
| I | have miscarried |
| you | have miscarried |
| he;she;it | have miscarried |
| we | have miscarried |
| you | have miscarried |
| they | have miscarried |
Imperfect
| I | miscarried |
| you | miscarried |
| he;she;it | miscarried |
| we | miscarried |
| you | miscarried |
| they | miscarried |
Pluperfect
| I | had miscarried |
| you | had miscarried |
| he;she;it | had miscarried |
| we | had miscarried |
| you | had miscarried |
| they | had miscarried |
Conditional
Present
| I | would miscarry |
| you | would miscarry |
| he;she;it | would miscarry |
| we | would miscarry |
| you | would miscarry |
| they | would miscarry |
Perfect
| I | would have miscarried |
| you | would have miscarried |
| he;she;it | would have miscarried |
| we | would have miscarried |
| you | would have miscarried |
| they | would have miscarried |
Imperative
| you | miscarry |
| we | Let's miscarry |
| you | miscarry |
Verbs conjugated like 'miscarry'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'miscarry'
mismarry,
dismarry,
carry,
disarray,
discandy,
discard,
marry,
mascara,
misally,
miscall,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1340, "to come to harm, perish;" of persons, "to die," of objects, "to be lost or destroyed," from mis- (1) "wrongly" + caryen "carry" (see carry). Meaning "deliver unviable fetus" first recorded 1527; that of "fail, come to naught" (of plans or designs) is from 1607. Miscarriage is attested from 1662; miscarriage of justice is from 1875.
2. From Middle English miscarien. By surface analysis, mis- + carry.
Sample Sentences
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So, if a Sonne that is by his Father ſent about Merchandize, doe ſinfully miſcarry vpon the Sea; the imputation of his vvickedneſſe, by your rule, ſhould be impoſed vpon his Father that ſent him: […] [1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 84, column 2:]
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Pluto observing, since the Peace,
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The Burial Article decrease;
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And, vext to see Affairs miscarry,
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Declar'd in Council, Death must marry […] [1730, Jonathan Swift, “Death And Daphne,”, in Some Verse Pieces:]
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Sir Nathaniel, this Biron is one of the votaries with the king; and here he hath framed a letter to a sequent of the stranger queen's, which accidentally, or by the way of progression, hath miscarried. [c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):]
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It likewise alluded to several letters, which, as it appeared to me, must have miscarried or have been intercepted,[…]. [1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter V, in Rob Roy. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 88:]
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Since the luckless Friday morning he had neither been seen nor heard of; day after day, Adeline had trusted to receive a letter, but in those times posts were slow and uncertain, messengers and couriers were often employed instead; and the hope might reasonably be clung to of a letter having miscarried. [1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter VII, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 144:]