befall

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: be=fall
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

befall, v. t. [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."  [1913 Webster]

befall, v. i. 

 To come to pass; to happen.  [1913 Webster]
"I have revealed . . . the discord which befell."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

befall, v. (past befell; past part. befallen) poet.
1 intr. happen (so it befell).
2 tr. happen to (a person etc.) (what has befallen her?).

Etymology

OE befeallan (as BE-, feallan FALL)

THESAURUS

befall

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

ROGET THESAURUS

befall

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.