bechance

• POS: Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: be=chance

CIDE DICTIONARY

bechance, adv. [Pref. be- for by + chance.].

 By chance; by accident.  Grafton.  [1913 Webster]

bechance, v. t. & i. 

 To befall; to chance; to happen to.  [1913 Webster]
"God knows what hath bechanced them."  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

bechance

Eventuality

VB happen, occur, take place, take effect, come, become of, come off, comeabout, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on, pass, present itself, fall, fall out, turn out, run, be on foot, fall in, befall, betide, bechance, prove, eventuate, draw on, turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its face, appear, come forth, cast up, supervene, survene, issue, arrive, ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course, pass off, meet with, experience, enjoy, encounter, undergo, suffer, pass through, go through, be subjected to, be exposed to, fall to the lot of, be one's chance, be one's fortune, be one's lot, find, endure.