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   befall

   /bɪˈfɔːl/

   verb

   • 1. (especially of something bad) happen to (someone): literary "a tragedy befell his daughter" Similar happen toovertakecome uponfall uponhitstrikebe visited onhappenoccurtake placechance to happenariseemergecome abouttranspirematerializeappearmake an appearancesurfacecrop upspring uppresent itselfensuefollowresultsuperveneinformal:go downliterary:come to passbetiderare:hapeventuate

   Word Origin Old Englishbefeallan ‘to fall’ (early use being chiefly figurative); related to German befallen.

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   The meaning of BEFALL is to happen especially as if by fate. How to use befall in a sentence.

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   to happen to, especially by chance or fate. befall. / bɪˈfɔːl / verb. intr to take place; come to pass. tr to happen to. intrusually foll byto to be due, as by right.

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   Befall is an old-fashioned or literary way of saying something happened by chance. Bad luck befalls a heroine who drops her lucky rabbit foot.

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   1. (intr) to take place; come to pass. 2. (tr) to happen to. 3. (usually foll by: to) to be due, as by right. [Old English befeallan; related to Old High German bifallan, Dutch bevallen; see be-, fall]

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   BEFALL definition: If something bad befalls you, it happens to you: . Learn more.

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    Definition of 'befall' befall. (bɪfɔːl ) Word forms: befalls , befalling , befell , befallen. verb. If something bad or unlucky befalls you, it happens to you. [literary] ...the disaster that befell the island of Flores. [VERB noun] Synonyms: happen to, fall upon, occur in, take place in More Synonyms of befall.