Befall

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  • intransitive verb. To come to pass; happen.
  • intransitive verb. Used with the impersonal subject it and a following clause to indicate the occurrence of a usually unexpected or chance event:
  • intransitive verb. To happen to: synonym: happen.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To fall or happen to; occur to.
  • To happen; come to pass.
  • To fall in the way; come to hand.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To come to pass; to happen.
  • transitive verb. To happen to.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To happen.
  • verb. To happen to.
  • noun. Case; instance; circumstance; event; incident; accident.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
  • verb. become of; happen to
  • Word Usage
    "Wherefore, such opinions and persuasions are gradually insinuated into the mind, and are admitted insensibly without opposition or reluctancy, being never accompanied at their first admission with any secular disadvantage; -- but these divine convictions by the word befall men, some when they think of nothing less and desire nothing less; some when they design other things, as the pleasing of their ears or the entertainment of their company; and some that go on purpose to deride and scoff at what should be spoken unto them from it."
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    Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    come about  fallout  go on  hap  happen  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ball  Fall  Gaul  Hall  Montreal  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    befallen  befell  
    verb-form