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befall
[ bih-fawl ]
verb (used without object)
- to happen or occur.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- Archaic. to come, as by right.
verb (used with object)
- to happen to, especially by chance or fate.
befall
/ ²úɪˈ´Úɔ˱ô /
verb
- intr to take place; come to pass
- tr to happen to
- intrusually foll byto to be due, as by right
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of befall1
Example Sentences
The same fate, she suspects, could befall the "Girls Gone Bible" enterprise.
The witches are thus active instruments in the fate that befalls Macbeth, making him somewhat more of a puppet of their otherworldly mischief than a closer reading of the text might bear out.
The precedents I have in mind rose and fell on elements of “human nature†that also drive what’s befalling us now.
Trumps says he won’t feel partially responsible if harm befalls former government officials whose security details were cut by his administration after he took office this week.
Now imagine a great tragedy befalls one province.
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