Hypertext Webster Gateway: "befall"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Befall \Be*fall"\, v. t. [imp. {Befell}; p. p. {Befallen}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Befalling}.] [AS. befeallan; pref. be- +
feallan to fall.]
To happen to.
I beseech your grace that I may know The worst that may
befall me. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Befall \Be*fall"\, v. i.
To come to pass; to happen.
I have revealed . . . the discord which befell.
--Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
befall
v 1: become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall
her"; "What has become of my children?" [syn: {bechance},
{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}, {bechance}]
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