bechance

verb, adv — 3 senses

bechance

verb

/bɪˈt͡ʃæns/ · /bɪˈt͡ʃɑːns/

Etymology From be- + chance.

1

To happen; chance.

2

Archaic To happen (to); befall to.

Disturb his hours of rest with restless trances, / Afflict him in his bed with bedrid groans; / Let there bechance him pitiful mischances, / To make him moan; but pity not his moans: / Stone him with harden'd hearts, harder than stones1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:

Synonyms: come to pass, occur, transpire

bechance

adv

Etymology From be- (“by”) + chance.

1

Accidentally; by chance.

[Y]et we haue withſtood them till at the last battayle of Branxſton, where we bechaunce loſt our ſouereigne Lorde, and many noble men, but that was by treaſon of his Lord Chamberleyn, and yet I thinke we wanne the field: […]1569, Richard Grafton, “Henry the Eyght”, in A Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande […], volume II, London: […] Henry Denham, […], for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey Toye, →OCLC, page 1073:

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