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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.

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • B

     3

   • E

     1

   • F

     4

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

   • L

     1

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