befall
21befall — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. happen, occur, take place, come to pass; see happen 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. happen, occur, come to pass. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To take place: betide, come, come about, come off, develop, hap,… …
22befall — be|fall [ bı fɔl ] (past tense be|fell [ bı fel ] ; past participle be|fall|en [ bı fɔlən ] ) verb intransitive or transitive LITERARY if something unpleasant befalls you, it happens to you …
23befall — [[t]bɪfɔ͟ːl[/t]] befalls, befalling, befell, befallen VERB If something bad or unlucky befalls you, it happens to you. [LITERARY] [V n] ...the disaster that befell the island of Flores …
24befall — be·fall || bɪ fÉ”Ël v. happen as if by fate, occur …
25befall — verb (past befell; past participle befallen) literary (especially of something bad) happen to. Origin OE befeallan to fall …
26befall — I. v. a. Betide, overtake, bechance, happen to. II. v. n. Happen, chance, betide, supervene, occur, take place, come to pass …
27befall — verb, literary 1) the same fate befell him Syn: happen to, overtake, come upon, be visited on 2) tell us what befell Syn: happen, occur, take place, come about, transpire …
28befall — v happen, Archaic. hap, occur, take place, supervene, betide, chance, Archaic. bechance, Archaic. arrive; transpire, intervene, crop up; become, come into being, come to pass, come about, fall, materialize; result, eventuate, turn out, prove;… …
29befall — be·fall …
30befall — [bɪˈfɔːl] (past tense befell [bɪˈfel] ; past participle befallen [bɪˈfɔːlən] ) verb [I/T] literary if something unpleasant befalls you, it happens to you …
