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befallen

VERB

happen to; take place

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ensue materialize transpire

STRONG

action bechance betide break chance cook develop fall follow gel go hap happen jell occur shake smoke supervene

WEAK

come down come off come to pass cook up a storm cook with gas fall out go down

Antonyms

STRONG

stay stop

Example Sentences

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"Oh, for the ills half-understood, The dim dead woe Long ago Befallen this bitter coast of France!"

From Browning's Heroines by Armfield, Maxwell

Oh, for the ills half-understood, The dim dead woe Long ago Befallen this bitter coast of France!

From An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry by Corson, Hiram

Befallen his frende whiche was to hym so true.

From The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 by Barclay, Alexander