Befall
to happen or occur.
archaic. to come, as by right.
to happen to, especially by chance or fate.
contemporary examples
information about the neurologic and psychological changes that may befall young tbi victims is scarce.
study says half of jailed nyc teens have history of brain injury dr. anand veeravagu, md, tej azad april 21, 2014
ferc also needs to have sufficient power to deal with a national emergency that might befall the entire bulk electricity system.
don’t let a good thing p-ss us by justin green november 11, 2012
there is no greater tragedy that can befall a parent than having to bury one’s own child.
we’ll never have closure susan levy february 22, 2009
so, you ask on this veterans day, how could the tragedy at fort hood befall us?
the next fort hood ken allard november 9, 2009
floods that swept the south russian region of krasnodar over the weekend are the latest disaster to befall the country.
is this putin’s ‘katrina moment?’ owen matthews july 11, 2012
historical examples
oh, if any harm should befall her beautiful, darling flossy!
the old woman who lived in a shoe amanda minnie douglas
then he went down—stairs, prepared for whatever should befall him that day.
tip lewis and his lamp pansy
down climbed eut-le-ten nothing affrighted, but filled with the knowledge no harm could befall him.
indian legends of vancouver island alfred carmichael
no; i felt this was not the case; but i felt that something worse than this was about to befall me.
the atlantic monthly, vol. 10, no. 58, august, 1862 various
but an even worse disaster than this was to befall the great twelve-thousand-ton cruiser.
the world peril of 1910 george griffith
verb (archaic or literary) -falls, -falling, -fell, -fallen
(intransitive) to take place; come to p-ss
(transitive) to happen to
(intransitive) usually foll by to. to be due, as by right
v.
old english befeallan “to deprive of; fall to, be -ssigned to; befall,” from be- “by, about” + feallan (see fall). cf. old frisian bifalla, old saxon, old high german bifallan, german befallen. related: befell; befalling.
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