Terms vs Miscarried - What's the difference?
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(miscarry)
(obsolete) To have an unfortunate accident of some kind; to be killed, or come to harm.
To have a miscarriage; to abort a foetus, usually without intent to do so.
To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong (of a business, project etc.).
Of a letter etc.: to fail to reach its intended recipient.
* 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , II.1:
As a noun terms
is .As a verb miscarried is
(miscarry).miscarried
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(head)miscarry
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- It likewise alluded to several letters—which, it appeared to me, must have miscarried or been intercepted [...].