Definition of chance

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Chance (n.) A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified..

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Adventure :: Adventure (n.) That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss..
Haphazard :: Haphazard (n.) Extra hazard; chance; accident; random.
Doctrine :: Doctrine (n.) That which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or position, or the body of principles, in any branch of knowledge; any tenet or dogma; a principle of faith; as, the doctrine of atoms; the doctrine of chances..
Potluck :: Potluck (n.) Whatever may chance to be in the pot, or may be provided for a meal..
Chance :: Chance (v. t.) To take the chances of; to venture upon; -- usually with it as object.
Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game..
Chaud-medley :: Chaud-medley (n.) The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance-medley or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray..
Dice :: Dice (n.) Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also, the game played with dice. See Die, n..
Chevet :: Chevet (n.) The extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round or polygonal part.
Ancient :: Ancient (n.) One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
Finesse :: Finesse (v. i.) To attempt, when second or third player, to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play..
Sedilia :: Sedilia (n. pl.) Seats in the chancel of a church near the altar for the officiating clergy during intervals of service.
Haply :: Haply (adv.) By hap, chance, luck, or accident; perhaps; it may be..
Faldistory :: Faldistory (n.) The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel.
Jurat :: "Jurat (n.) The memorandum or certificate at the end of an asffidavit, or a bill or answer in chancery, showing when, before whom, and (in English practice), where, it was sworn or affirmed..
Trump :: Trump (n.) A winning card; one of a particular suit (usually determined by chance for each deal) any card of which takes any card of the other suits.
Morkin :: Morkin (n.) A beast that has died of disease or by mischance.
Apsidal :: Apsidal (a.) Of or pertaining to the apse of a church; as, the apsidal termination of the chancel..
Thedom :: Thedom (n.) Success; fortune; luck; chance.
Lot :: Lot (n.) That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
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