Definition of Befalling

1. Noun. A happening; occurrence; chance; event. ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of befall) ¹

3. Adjective. (archaic) Appertaining; appropriate; fitting. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Befalling

1. befall [v] - See also: befall

Lexicographical Neighbors of Befalling

beeve
beeves
beey
beeyard
beeyards
beeyatch
beeyatches
beeyotch
beeyotches
beezer
beezers
befal
befall
befallen
befalleth
befalling (current term)
befalls
befana
befanas
befang
befangled
befeather
befeathered
befeathering
befeathers
befeld
befell
beffana
beffanas
befie

Literary usage of Befalling

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

1. The Harleian Miscellany; Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1809)
"Also may be observed the Inconveniences befalling a State, where the noble Disposition of the Prince is ..."

2. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1845)
"... befalling my father about that time, and the good use made of it. III. A deliverance from death by a dangerous wound in my head, IV. and two from ..."

3. Sohrab and Rustem: The Epic Theme of a Combat Between Father and Son; a by Murray Anthony Potter (1902)
"The variants of the second sub-division, where separation is brought about by some mishap befalling the child or its mother ..."

4. A Journal of the Life, Travels, and Religious Labors of William Savery: A by William Savery, Jonathan Evans (1873)
"A like affliction befalling that and other parts of the city and neighborhood, in the following year he was again engaged in the same manner, ..."

5. The Story of Thomas Carlyle by A. S. Arnold (1888)
"They arrived early in the evening at Comely Bank, without any mishaps befalling them, and there we will quietly close the door upon them till we open it on ..."

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