What does mishappen mean?
Mishappen means (obsolete) To encounter grief or misfortune..
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/mɪsˈhap(ə)n/ · verb
(obsolete) To encounter grief or misfortune..
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.
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Mishappen means (obsolete) To encounter grief or misfortune..
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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.
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