bechance

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bechance - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bechance \Be*chance"\, adv. [Pref. be- for by + chance.]
     By chance; by accident. [Obs.] --Grafton.
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  Bechance \Be*chance"\, v. t. & i.
     To befall; to chance; to happen to.
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           God knows what hath bechanced them.      --Shak.
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bechance - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bechance
      v 1: become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would
           befall her"; "What has become of my children?" [syn:
           befall, bechance, betide]
      2: happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by
         chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things
         befell" (Santayana) [syn: happen, befall, bechance]