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Meaning of mishappen | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
/mɪsˈhap(ə)n/

Definitions

  1. To encounter grief or misfortune.
    obsolete
  2. To happen through misfortune.
    archaic
  3. To happen ill; fare ill.
    intransitive

Examples

“His fearefull friends weare out the wofull night, / Ne dare to weepe, nor seeme to vnderstand / The heauie hap, which on them is alight, / Affraid, least to themselues the like mishappen might.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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