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befall |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Befall \Be*fall"\, v. t. [imp. {Befell}; p. p. {Befallen}; p. pr & vb n. {Befalling}.] [AS. befeallan pref. be- + feallan to fall.] To happen to I beseech your grace that I may know The worst that may befall me --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Befall \Be*fall"\, v. i. To come to pass; to happen. I have revealed . . . the discord which befell. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: befall v 1: become of happen to "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?" [syn: {bechance}, {betide}] 2: happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" Santayana [syn: {happen}, {bechance}]
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