befall

befall
Synonyms and related words:
be found, be met with, be realized, bechance, betide, break, chance, come, come about, come along, come down, come off, come to pass, come true, develop, eventuate, fall, fall out, go, go off, hap, happen, happen along, happen by chance, hazard, occur, pass, pass off, pop up, take place, transpire, turn up

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  • Befall — Be*fall , v. t. [imp. {Befell}; p. p. {Befallen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Befalling}.] [AS. befeallan; pref. be + feallan to fall.] To happen to. [1913 Webster] I beseech your grace that I may know The worst that may befall me. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • befall — (v.) O.E. befeallan to deprive of; fall to, be assigned to; befall, from BE (Cf. be ) by, about + feallan (see FALL (Cf. fall)). Cf. O.Fris. bifalla, O.S., O.H.G. bifallan, Ger. befallen. Related: Befell; befalling …   Etymology dictionary

  • Befall — Be*fall , v. i. To come to pass; to happen. [1913 Webster] I have revealed . . . the discord which befell. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • befall — index supervene Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • befall — betide, occur, *happen, chance, transpire …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • befall — [v] happen to; take place action, bechance, betide, break, chance, come down, come off, come to pass, cook*, cook up a storm*, cook with gas*, develop, ensue, fall, fall out, follow, gel, go, go down, hap*, happen, jell*, materialize, occur,… …   New thesaurus

  • befall — ► VERB (past befell; past part. befallen) literary ▪ (especially of something bad) happen to …   English terms dictionary

  • befall — [bē fôl′, bifôl′] vi. befell, befallen, befalling [ME bifallen < OE befeallan, to fall, fall to as a share or right < be , BE + feallan,FALL] 1. to come to pass; happen; occur 2. Archaic to be fitting; pertain vt. to happen to …   English World dictionary

  • befall — UK [bɪˈfɔːl] / US [bɪˈfɔl] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms befall : present tense I/you/we/they befall he/she/it befalls present participle befalling past tense befell UK [bɪˈfel] / US past participle befallen UK [bɪˈfɔːlən] / US… …   English dictionary

  • Befall — der Befall (Aufbaustufe) Zustand, bei dem eine Pflanze o. Ä. von einer Krankheit ergriffen wird Beispiel: Der Befall der Bäume mit Insekten dehnte sich auf andere Gebiete aus …   Extremes Deutsch

  • Befall — Be|fall [bə fal], der; [e]s: das Befallenwerden, Befallensein von Krankheiten oder Schädlingen (besonders bei Pflanzen): etwas gegen den Befall von Bohnen mit Blattläusen unternehmen. Zus.: Blattlausbefall, Pilzbefall, Schädlingsbefall,… …   Universal-Lexikon

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