Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive & transitive verb To happen or happen to.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Accidentally; by chance.
- To happen; chance.
- To befall; happen to.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb To befall; to chance; to happen to.
- adverb obsolete By chance; by accident.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
Accidentally ;by chance . - verb intransitive To
happen ;chance . - verb transitive, archaic To
happen (to);befall to.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
- verb become of; happen to
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From be- (“by”) + chance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From be- + chance.
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