Pronunciations (2)
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/mɪsˈɡəʊ/
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/ˈmɪsɡəʊ/
Verb
To go wrong, make a mistake, go astray, become lost, miscarry.
Usage- Archaic
- dialectal
- Intransitive
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Brother Samson, in the time of the Antipopes, had been sent to Rome on business; and, returning successful, was too late,—the business had all misgone in the interim!
Let those pity her who can feel their own weakness and misgoing.
Noun
An error or mistake
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[…] my hand came in contact with a lot of curly hair, and by the shriek which greeted my ear, I was conshus^([sic]) that I had made a misgo, and was clutchin a womans water-fall.
“Esquire! Lucky it didn't make a misgo of it, superscribed like that — Here — it's yourn!”
A miscarriage or abortion
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And when the hemorrhage is checked they will often insist that they have had a "misgo" or abortion.