Meaning of befall | Babel Free

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1. To come to pass; happen: What is the worst that may befall?
2. to happen to (a person or thing). A disaster has befallen her. gebeur, oorkom يَحْدُث لِ، يَقَعُ لِ случвам се на acontecer přihodit se, postihnout widerfahren hænde; ramme συμβαίνω, τυχαίνω σε κπ. acontecer tabama اتفاق افتادن tapahtua arriver לִקרוֹת आ पड़ना, घटित होना spopasti, zadesiti (meg)történik menimpa koma fyrir, henda accadere ～に起こる 일어나다 ištikti notikt; atgadīties menimpa overkomenhende, skjeprzytrafić się acontecer a se întâmpla случаться postihnúť pripetiti se zadesiti hända, dra...
3. Used with the impersonal subject it and a following clause to indicate the occurrence of a usually unexpected or chance event: "It befell that, an hour before the appointed time, she was sent for by a neighbor who had been taken ill" (Henry James).
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4. To happen to: What befell the ship? See Synonyms at happen.
5. (intr) to take place; come to pass
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6. (tr) to happen to
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7. (usually foll by: to) to be due, as by right
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8. to happen to, esp. by chance.
9. to happen or occur.
10. To take place:betide, come, come about, come off, develop, hap, happen, occur, pass, transpire.

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