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perchance

[ per-chans, -chahns ]

adverb

  1. Literary. perhaps; maybe; possibly.
  2. Archaic. by chance.


perchance

/ əˈʃɑːԲ /

adverb

  1. perhaps; possibly
  2. by chance; accidentally
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of perchance1

1300–50; Middle English, variant of par chance by chance < Anglo-French. See per, chance
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of perchance1

C14: from Anglo-French par chance; see per , chance
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And later, instead of “To die; to sleep .. perchance to dream! Ay there’s the rub,” we hear “To die, to sleep – is that all? Ay, all. No! To dream – ay, there it goes.”

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More than a few times, Davis said, the author was stopped by readers who asked whether, perchance, he knew their grandfather or uncle.

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No one has wanted to be the guy who hands the keys back to the ousted enemy — perchance to resume its soccer stadium mass executions and brutal repression of women.

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British couples consciously uncouple so that they might perchance hook up with other people in the imported reality series “Singletown.”

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Coronavirus: I hail from pangolin, perchance from bat.

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