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Definition of Befall

Befall
Befall Be*fall", v. t. [imp. Befell; p. p. Befallen; p. pr. & vb. n. Befalling.] [AS. befeallan; pref. be- + feallan to fall.] To happen to. I beseech your grace that I may know The worst that may befall me. --Shak.
Befall
Befall Be*fall", v. i. To come to pass; to happen. I have revealed . . . the discord which befell. --Milton.

Meaning of Befall from wikipedia

- also suggests that bad but justified outcomes should, or eventually will, befall tyrants. It is the state motto of the U.S. state of Virginia. Before 509...
- 1185 by Normans of the Kingdom of Sicily was one of the worst disasters to befall the Byzantine Empire in the 12th century. David Komnenos, the governor,...
- Margaret Woo, an American expatriate living in Hong Kong when tragedy befalls her family. Expats follows "the vibrant lives of a close-knit expatriate...
- England to the throne. Legend had it that should the oak fall, disaster would befall the town. According to a tradition, Carmarthen is the birthplace of Merlin...
- is believed that all the evil effects resulting from the Mangala Dosha befall on the mock "spouse": the person is thus freed from the consequences of...
- It is reported that the Islamic Prophet Muhammad said when a disaster befalls a believer and they recite this phrase, God would grant them something...
- The 1982 Diamond Crash was the worst operational accident to befall the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Air Demonstration Team involving show aircraft. Four...
- relates the fantastical tale of a contemporary man and the adventures which befall him when he ventures into a Parisian curiosity shop and buys the four-thousand-year-old...
- commination) is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to one or more persons, a place, or an object. In particular,...
- [the strikes of the soul], the bites of the serpent, and the strikes which befall through the noontide heat, [which is called] the son of the serpent named...