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- Dictionarybe·fall/bəˈfôl/
verb
- 1. (of something bad) happen to someone: literary "a tragedy befell his daughter" Similar
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BEFALL definition: 1. If something bad or dangerous befalls you, it happens to you: 2. If something bad or dangerous…. Learn more.
The meaning of BEFALL is to happen especially as if by fate. How to use befall in a sentence.
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.
Befall definition: to happen or occur.. See examples of BEFALL used in a sentence.
BEFALL meaning: 1. If something bad or dangerous befalls you, it happens to you: 2. If something bad or dangerous…. Learn more.
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]
1. to come to pass; happen; occur. 2. Archaic. to be fitting; pertain. verb transitive. 3.
Definition of befall verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
befall meaning, definition, what is befall: if something unpleasant or dangerous bef...: Learn more.
befall definition: If something bad befalls you, it happens to you: . Learn more.