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Befell
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.

Meaning of Befell from wikipedia

- any wrongful act is held entirely or partially at fault for the harm that befell them. There is historical and current prejudice against the victims of domestic...
- Terrible Turkish Executioner, or It Served Him Right and in Britain as What Befell the Turkish Executioner, is a 1903 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès...
- Phobos. Deimos served to represent the feelings of dread and terror that befell those before a battle, while Phobos personified feelings of fear and panic...
- two tablets of the Ten Commandments and other historical calamities that befell the Jewish people on the same date. The fast of Tammuz, according to Rabbi...
- Ghazi Shaheed is a 1998 thriller drama film based on the disasters that befell the PNS Ghazi on the Bay of Bengal. It was directed by Kazim Pasha and stars...
- into an awful brute. Out of personal revenge for the bloody injustice that befell him (in 1515) with the killing of kinsfolk and destruction of his property...
- over the three-year German occupation, a more complete destruction than befell any other country in the Holocaust. Historians attribute this to the m****ive...
- in service. The ship was broken up at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. A similar fate befell its sister ship, Esso Hibernia, also built on Tyneside and launched in 1970...
- The Old Tobacco Shop: A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure is a children's fantasy novel by William Bowen that was named a...
- vocal cords. Visor om ****et was released after a number of misfortunes befell several band members, including the death of guitarist Teemu Raimoranta...