Hypertext Webster Gateway: "peradventure"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peradventure \Per`ad*ven"ture\, adv. & conj. [OE. per aventure,
F. par aventure. See {Per}, and {Adventure}.]
By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing. ``If
peradventure he speak against me.'' --Shak.
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city.
--Gen. xviii.
24.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peradventure \Per`ad*ven"ture\, n.
Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond
peradventure. --South.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
peradventure
adv : by chance; "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may
possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may
peradventure be thought that there never was such a
time" [syn: {possibly}, {perchance}, {perhaps}, {maybe}]
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