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Definition of Befall
1. Verb. Become of; happen to. "What has become of my children?"
Generic synonyms: Come About, Fall Out, Go On, Hap, Happen, Occur, Pass, Pass Off, Take Place
2. Verb. Happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance. "These things befell"
Generic synonyms: Come About, Fall Out, Go On, Hap, Happen, Occur, Pass, Pass Off, Take Place
Related verbs: Happen
Definition of Befall
1. v. t. To happen to.
2. v. i. To come to pass; to happen.
Definition of Befall
1. Verb. (intransitive) To happen. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To happen to. ¹
3. Noun. Case; instance; circumstance; event; incident; accident. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Befall
1. to happen to [v -FELL, -FALLEN, -FALLING, -FALLS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Befall
Literary usage of Befall
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1839)
"of England, and in their own concernment in the misfortunes which should befall
them : they said, " they well understood how much the fate of " Scotland was ..."
2. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... that you left behind you no more euch ships in your dorks, nor so fine a body
of heavy-armed troops; and (hat if any thing else befall you but victory, ..."
3. Life and Death of Mr. Badman and The Holy War by John Bunyan (1905)
"This then is a wicked cursing, to wish that evil might either befall another or
... He would wish that evil might befall others; he would wish their Necks ..."
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