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miscarry

mis·car·ry [ miss kárree ] (past and past participle mis·car·ried, present participle mis·car·ry·ing, 3rd person present singular mis·car·ries)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. have spontaneous abortion: to lose a fetus, especially a human fetus, through a miscarriage

2. be spontaneously aborted: to be expelled from the womb at too early a stage in development to be able to survive

3. fail: to result in failure ( formal )

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