Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bechance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bechance \Be*chance"\, adv. [Pref. be- for by + chance.]
By chance; by accident. [Obs.] --Grafton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bechance \Be*chance"\, v. t. & i.
To befall; to chance; to happen to.
God knows what hath bechanced them. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bechance
v 1: become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall
her"; "What has become of my children?" [syn: {befall},
{betide}]
2: happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by
chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These
things befell" (Santayana) [syn: {happen}, {befall}]
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