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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
miscarry
 
SYLLABICATION:mis·car·ry
PRONUNCIATION:  mskr, ms-kr
INTRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: mis·car·ried, mis·car·ry·ing, mis·car·ries
1. To have a miscarriage; abort. 2. To go astray or be lost in transit, as mail or cargo. 3. To fail to attain an intended goal, as a plan or project.
 
 
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