Definition of Mischances

1. Noun. (plural of mischance) ¹

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Definition of Mischances

1. mischance [n] - See also: mischance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mischances

miscellaneous
miscellaneously
miscellaneum
miscellanies
miscellanist
miscellanists
miscellany
miscensure
miscensured
miscensures
miscensuring
misch metal
mischan
mischance
mischanceful
mischances (current term)
mischannel
mischanneled
mischanneling
mischannelled
mischannelling
mischannels
mischans
mischaracterisation
mischaracterisations
mischaracterise
mischaracterises
mischaracterization
mischaracterizations
mischaracterize

Literary usage of Mischances

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1816)
"... failures and mischances revealed the. secret, that they were not invincible. As the fear of the Greeks abated, their hatred increased. ..."

2. The Life of Joseph Hodges Choate as Gathered Chiefly from His Letters by Joseph Hodges Choate, Edward Sandford Martin (1920)
"... STOVES—DEATH OF QUEEN VICTORIA—A WREATH FROM THE PRESIDENT—A VISIT TO GEORGE MEREDITH—ENTERTAINMENTS AND DISCOURSES—BLYTHSWOOD AND SOME mischances MRS. ..."

3. Village Life in Egypt: With Sketches of the Saïd by Bayle St. John (1852)
"... mischances—Treasure-Trove. I HAVE more than once in the course of the foregoing pages alluded to the tremendous progress which the destruction of the ..."

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