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bechance

[bih-chans, -chahns] / bɪˈtʃæns, -ˈtʃɑns /
VERB
befall
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ensue materialize transpire
STRONG
action 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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So, fearing lest a worse thing should bechance him, from Abbeville he went up to Paris.

From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene

I cannot forget one passage that behappened me heir: bechance to supper I demanded give he could give me a pullet, he promises me it.

From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Fountainhall, John Lauder, Lord

What would bechance at Lyonnesse    While I should sojourn there    No prophet durst declare, Nor did the wisest wizard guess What would bechance at Lyonnesse    While I should sojourn there.

From Satires of Circumstance, lyrics and reveries with miscellaneous pieces by Hardy, Thomas

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.