Hypertext Webster Gateway: "perchance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Perchance \Per*chance"\, adv. [F. par by (L. per) + chance. See
{Par}, and {Chance}.]
By chance; perhaps; peradventure.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
perchance
adv 1: (archaic) through chance, "To sleep, perchance to dream.."
[syn: {by chance}]
2: 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}, {perhaps}, {maybe}, {peradventure}]
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