misfare
English
Etymology
From Old English misfaran, corresponding to mis- + fare.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /mɪsˈfɛː/ (verb), IPA(key): /ˈmɪsfɛː/ (noun)
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Verb
misfare (third-person singular simple present misfares, present participle misfaring, simple past and past participle misfared)
- (obsolete) To go astray; to transgress, to sin. [9th–16th c.]
- (now Scotland) To fare badly; to be unlucky. [from 10th c.]
Noun
misfare (uncountable)
- (now rare, archaic) Misfortune, ill fate. [from 14th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- Whereto great comfort in her sad misfare / Was Amoret, companion of her care […].
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
Verb
misfàre (first-person singular present misfàccio, first-person singular past historic misféci, past participle misfàtto, first-person singular imperfect misfacévo, second-person singular imperative misfài or misfà', auxiliary avére)
Conjugation
Conjugation of misfàre (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1With syntactic gemination after the verb.
Related terms
Anagrams
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmis.fɑ.re/
Verb
misfare
- inflection of misfaran:
- first-person singular present indicative
- singular present subjunctive