Bechance

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bechance \Be*chance"\, adv. [Pref. be- for by + chance.]
     By chance; by accident. [Obs.] --Grafton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Bechance \Be*chance"\, v. t. & i.
     To befall; to chance; to happen to.
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           God knows what hath bechanced them.      --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bechance
       v 1: become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall
            her"; "What has become of my children?" [syn: {befall},
            {betide}]
       2: happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by
          chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These
          things befell" (Santayana) [syn: {happen}, {befall}]