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mischance


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mischance  \Mis*chance"\,  n.  [OE.  meschance,  OF  mescheance.] 
  Ill  luck;  ill  fortune;  mishap.  --Chaucer. 
 
  Never  come  mischance  between  us  twain.  --Shak. 
 
  Syn:  Calamity;  misfortune;  misadventure;  mishap;  infelicity; 
  disaster.  See  {Calamity}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mischance  \Mis*chance"\,  v.  i. 
  To  happen  by  mischance.  --Spenser. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mischance 
  n  1:  an  unpredictable  outcome  that  is  unfortunate;  "if  I  didn't 
  have  bad  luck  I  wouldn't  have  any  luck  at  all"  [syn:  {bad 
  luck},  {mishap}] 
  2:  an  instance  of  misfortune  [syn:  {mishap},  {misadventure}] 




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