Definition of chance

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Chance (v. t.) To befall; to happen to.

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Hit :: Hit (n.) A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit..
Casualism :: Casualism (n.) The doctrine that all things exist or are controlled by chance.
Welsher :: Welsher (n.) One who cheats at a horse race; one who bets, without a chance of being able to pay; one who receives money to back certain horses and absconds with it..
Mum-chance :: Mum-chance (n.) A silent, stupid person..
Percase :: Percase (adv.) Perhaps; perchance.
Chance :: 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..
Thedom :: Thedom (n.) Success; fortune; luck; chance.
Chance :: Chance (a.) Happening by chance; casual.
Job :: "Job (n.) A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars..
Apsidal :: Apsidal (a.) Of or pertaining to the apse of a church; as, the apsidal termination of the chancel..
Boom :: Boom (n.) A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; -- applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office; as, a boom in the stock market; a boom in coffee..
Aventure :: Aventure (n.) A mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire..
Happen :: Happen (v. i.) To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.
Dataria :: Dataria (n.) Formerly, a part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. The name is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place of granting the gift or favor)..
Happily :: Happily (adv.) By chance; peradventure; haply.
Bema :: Bema (n.) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.
Apothesis :: Apothesis (n.) A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc..
Chance :: Chance (adv.) By chance; perchance.
Procedendo :: Procedendo (n.) In English practice, a writ issuing out of chancery in cases where the judges of subordinate courts delay giving judgment, commanding them to proceed to judgment..
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution, inheritance, or otherwise; as, the estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals..
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