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

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Mon General, I must ask of you to take a small body of picked men, and ride forth towards Blois, and see what bechances there.

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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.

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According to text and scripture, now I relate a certain adventure, which bechanced in the realm of Brittany, in days long gone before.

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My sons—God knows what hath bechanced them; But this I know,—they have demean'd themselves Like men born to renown by life or death.

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