Definition of befall

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Befall (v. i.) To come to pass; to happen.

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Astert :: Astert (v. t.) To start up; to befall; to escape; to shun.
Chance :: Chance (n.) The supposed effect of such an agent; something that befalls, as the result of unknown or unconsidered forces; the issue of uncertain conditions; an event not calculated upon; an unexpected occurrence; a happening; accident; fortuity; casualty..
Incident :: Incident (a.) Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining..
Betide :: Betide (v. t.) To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer..
Befortune :: Befortune (v. t.) To befall.
Hate :: Hate (n.) To have a great aversion to, with a strong desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; to dislike intensely; to detest; as, to hate one's enemies; to hate hypocrisy..
Hap :: Hap (v. i.) To happen; to befall; to chance.
Befall :: Befall (v. i.) To come to pass; to happen.
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To happen; to to come to pass; to light; to befall; to issue; to terminate.
Befalling :: Befalling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Befal.
Fortune :: Fortune (n.) That which befalls or is to befall one; lot in life, or event in any particular undertaking; fate; destiny; as, to tell one's fortune..
Exrerience :: Exrerience (v. t.) To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to prove by use or trial; to have trial of; to have the lot or fortune of; to have befall one; to be affected by; to feel; as, to experience pain or pleasure; to experience poverty; to experience a change of views..
Befall :: Befall (v. t.) To happen to.
Case :: Case (n.) That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes..
Hate :: Hate (v.) Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised toward things, intense dislike; hatred; detestation; -- opposed to love..
Accident :: Accident (n.) Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident..
Bechance :: Bechance (v. t. & i.) To befall; to chance; to happen to.
Chance :: Chance (v. t.) To befall; to happen to.
Misfall :: Misfall (v. t.) To befall, as ill luck; to happen to unluckily..
Take :: Take (v. t.) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like..
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