Befall Synonyms

bĭ-fôl
To happen to one
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. betide
  2. bechance
  3. come
To take place by chance
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. happen
  2. chance
  3. occur
  4. hap
  5. take-place
  6. come-to-pass
  7. bechance
To happen to:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. happen

Words Related to Befall

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. come-upon
  2. befel
  3. foretell

Befall Sentence Examples

  • All real good or evil that can befall him must be from himself..

  • If any mishap befall the queen, the workers can sometimes keep the community from dying out.

  • Then he summoned all the "sons" to gather round his bed, and told them "what shall befall in the latter days" (xlix.).

  • After the other, it was the bitterest possible experience that could befall him, nor, in the state of mental desolation into which it plunged him, could he find any comfort from being soon again set free.

  • At the same time Sulpicia expresses the hope that no harm will befall Calenus.

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