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...
- river human effigies equal in number to the companions he had lost to mischance on his journey: that way, they could be carried along by the current to...
- 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...
- interpretation of his principle as a fatalistic resignation to fate and mischance. Murphy regarded the law as representing a major principle of defensive...
- 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...
- 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...
- '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 !...
- According to Indian legend, Abhramu's tribe lost its wings and magic by mischance. JPL · 9172 9173 Viola Castello 1989 TZ15 Viola Castello in Piedmont,...
- attention from his art just when his work was gaining a following. By mischance, his negatives were lost, leaving only the prints he had made as his legacy...
- 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...