"misbefall" meaning in English

See misbefall in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: misbefalls [present, singular, third-person], misbefalling [participle, present], misbefell [past], misbefallen [participle, past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English befall English misbefall From mis- + befall. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|mis-|befall|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English befall English misbefall [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "to change", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "change", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*mey-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*meyth₂-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*missaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*missa-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*missa-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "mis-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "mys-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "mis-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "befall", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "misbefall", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="misbefall"> From mis- + befall. Head templates: {{en-verb|~s|~ing|misbefell|~en}} misbefall (third-person singular simple present misbefalls, present participle misbefalling, simple past misbefell, past participle misbefallen)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) Of an event, to happen unfortunately to (a person). Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-misbefall-en-verb-uKuN2Qq7 Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 85 15
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) Of an event, to happen unfortunately. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-misbefall-en-verb-Tx~MQ6Hx Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: misbefallen

Inflected forms

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