Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Perhaps; perchance.
- noun Chance or uncertainty; doubt.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Perchance; perhaps; it may be.
- noun Doubt; question; uncertainty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing.
- noun Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb archaic
perchance ormaybe ;perhaps - noun
chance ,doubt oruncertainty
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb by chance
- noun doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As for that, said the knight, I will be avised; but an thou wilt tell me thy name peradventure I will tell thee mine.
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As for that, said the knight, I will be avised; but an thou wilt tell me thy name peradventure I will tell thee mine.
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Might have known that "peradventure" would pop up.
Competition Time 2005
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I speake my minde freely of all things, yea, of such as peradventure exceed my sufficiencie, and that no way I hold to be of my jurisdiction.
Of Bookes. 1909
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Elsewhere, the greatest certitude as to Him is a 'peradventure'; Jesus alone says 'Verily, verily.'
Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah Alexander Maclaren 1868
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It is not enough, perhaps, to reach the ear of his auditor: 'peradventure' he too 'will also pierce it.'
The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded Delia Bacon 1835
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I speake my minde freely of all things, yea, of such as peradventure exceed my sufficiencie, and that no way I hold to be of my jurisdiction.
Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian Various 1562
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One of them, based on vague memories of the Elizabethan English of the Authorized Version (albeit much of its language was borrowed from Tyndale's 16th-century translation), is that Classical Hebrew tends to be long-winded and is overloaded with the equivalents of "peradventure,"
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If The People knew just what their money was being spent on and in what amounts, I am certain beyond a peradventure that they would be deeply shocked at many of the things upon which their hard-earned money is spent .... or rather blown.
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If The People knew just what their money was being spent on and in what amounts, I am certain beyond a peradventure that they would be deeply shocked at many of the things upon which their hard-earned money is spent .... or rather blown.
Archive 2009-08-30 2009
garyth123 commented on the word peradventure
spotted in Kidnapped earlier today.
December 16, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word peradventure
Also in Henry V. :)
December 16, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word peradventure
Changed my mind about this word as the awful Mr Thwaites in Slaves of Solitude uses it.
January 15, 2009
yarb commented on the word peradventure
Isn't he a splendid character? Absolutely the quintessence of the Pompous Windbag.
January 15, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word peradventure
It's a great book and he is a funny-sad character.
January 15, 2009