Definition of Mischance. Meaning of Mischance. Synonyms of Mischance

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Definition of Mischance

Mischance
Mischance Mis*chance", n. [OE. meschance, OF. mescheance.] Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap. --Chaucer. Never come mischance between us twain. --Shak. Syn: Calamity; misfortune; misadventure; mishap; infelicity; disaster. See Calamity.
Mischance
Mischance Mis*chance", v. i. To happen by mischance. --Spenser.

Meaning of Mischance from wikipedia

- unprecedented situation, a grotesque situation, an almost unbelievable mischance". The corresponding acronym was coined by Conor Cruise O'Brien, and both...
- interpretation of his principle as a fatalistic resignation to fate and mischance. Murphy regarded the law as representing a major principle of defensive...
- river's dim expanse Like some bold seer in a trance, Seeing all his own mischance With gl****y countenance Did she look to Camelot. And at the closing of...
- travesty of the bad art of burglary. To see Mr. Ustinov sweating through his mischance encounters with the Turkish police, or playing the role of stool pigeon...
- The Mischances of a Photographer is a 1908 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès. In the United States, it was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company...
- 'Ware, oh 'ware of that broken sword ! What ! dare ye, for an hour's mischance Gather around her, jeering France, Attila's own exulting horde ? Lo !...
- Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via Google Books. Julius was killed in a bizarre mischance when his head was blown off by a stray cannon ball as he rode with General...
- Bade Sol adieu, and, as he spoke, Plung'd headlong in the flood. From no mischance the leap he took, But sought the realms beneath, Because he read in Plato's...
- the Traditional Queen (Spanish: la Reina Castiza), and the Queen of Sad Mischance (Spanish: la de los Tristes Destinos).  Spain: Dame of the Order of Queen...
- to William but the tapestry does not suggest any specific purpose. By mischance, Harold arrives at the wrong location in France and is taken prisoner...