Perchance
[per-chans, -chahns] /pərˈtʃæns, -ˈtʃɑns/
adverb
1.
Literary. perhaps; maybe; possibly.
2.
Archaic. by chance.
/pəˈtʃɑːns/
adverb (archaic or poetic)
1.
perhaps; possibly
2.
by chance; accidentally
adv.
mid-14c., parchaunce, from Old French par cheance, literally “by chance.” With Latin per substituted c.1400 for French cognate par.
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