Chancing

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

  Chance \Chance\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chanced}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Chancing}.]
     To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation.
     "Things that chance daily." --Robynson (More's Utopia).
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           If a bird's nest chance to be before thee. --Deut.
                                                    xxii. 6.
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           I chanced on this letter.                --Shak.
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     Note: Often used impersonally; as, how chances it?
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                 How chance, thou art returned so soon? --Shak.
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