misfare

English

Etymology

From Old English misfaran, corresponding to mis- +‎ fare.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɪsˈfɛː/ (verb), IPA^(key): /ˈmɪsfɛː/ (noun)

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Verb

misfare (third-person singular simple present misfares, present participle misfaring, simple past and past participle misfared)

1. (obsolete) To go astray; to transgress, to sin. [9th–16th c.]
2. (now Scotland) To fare badly; to be unlucky. [from 10th c.]

Noun

misfare (uncountable)

1. (now rare, archaic) Misfortune, ill fate. [from 14th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Whereto great comfort in her sad misfare / Was Amoret, companion of her care […].

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Italian

Etymology

From mis- +‎ fare.

Verb

misfàre (first-person singular present misfàccio, first-person singular past historic misféci, past participle misfàtto, first-person singular imperfect misfacévo, second-person singular imperative misfài or misfà', auxiliary avére)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) to do harm [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of misfàre (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	misfàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		misfacèndo
present participle		misfacènte	past participle		misfàtto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	misfàccio	misfài	misfà1	misfacciàmo	misfàte	misfànno
imperfect	misfacévo	misfacévi	misfacéva	misfacevàmo	misfacevàte	misfacévano
past historic	misféci	misfacésti	misféce	misfacémmo	misfacéste	misfécero
future	misfarò	misfarài	misfarà	misfarémo	misfaréte	misfarànno
conditional	misfarèi	misfarésti	misfarèbbe, misfarébbe	misfarémmo	misfaréste	misfarèbbero, misfarébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	misfàccia	misfàccia	misfàccia	misfacciàmo	misfacciàte	misfàcciano
imperfect	misfacéssi	misfacéssi	misfacésse	misfacéssimo	misfacéste	misfacéssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		misfài, misfà'	misfàccia	misfacciàmo	misfàte	misfàcciano
negative imperative		non misfàre	non misfàccia	non misfacciàmo	non misfàte	non misfàcciano

¹With syntactic gemination after the verb.

Related terms

• misfatto

Anagrams

• framise

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmis.fɑ.re/

Verb

misfare

1. inflection of misfaran:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive