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Happen, to Shakespeare
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bechance
Word definitions for bechance in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?" [syn: befall , betide ] happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To happen; chance. 2 (context transitive archaic English) To happen (to); befall to. Etymology 2 adv. accidentally; by chance.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, from be- + chance . Related: Bechanced ; bechancing .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bechance \Be*chance"\, v. t. & i. To befall; to chance; to happen to. God knows what hath bechanced them. --Shak.
Usage examples of bechance.
Heaven foreshield it, yet as ill an end may bechance him and utter ruin come on all of us if he will withhold his scourge from Demonland until Juss and Brandoch Daha come home again to meet with him.
Shall I have the thoughtTo think on this, and shall I lack the thoughtThat such a thing bechanced would make me sad?