misfall

1. (ambitransitive) To befall badly or incorrectly; happen unfortunately (to); mishappen; turn out badly.Examples: "Sometime ſhe feared, leaſt ſome hard miſhap / Had him misfalne in his aduenturous queſt; [...]"; "[...] let us abide together that, one with the counsel and that other with the deed, then may there nothing misfall to usward."; "However, the principal and his students worked hard, and they soon had the buildings in shape for use and the farm doing as well as possible. Then a terrible misfortune misfell one of the neighbors who was most bitter in his tirades."ambitransitive