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- verb To
come across ; toencounter ; tostumble upon ; todiscover orfind , especially by chance or accident. - verb To
befall ; toaffect ; to happen to.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb find unexpectedly
- verb take possession of
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