befall

Speech parts

1. befall - Noun

2. befall - Verb

Meaning

To happen to.

To come to pass; to happen.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

occur happen transpire betide bechance come to pass cook hap result surface come appear fall develop follow
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Antonyms

development attempt nonexistence disappear blunder intensification
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Hypernyms

hap occur pass happen take place fall out

Derivatives

befell befallen befalling

Anagrams

flabel

Examples

The victory over all the afflictions that befall you, is, to keep silence. Poemen

Take a course of good water and air, and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you. John Muir

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother. W. Somerset Maugham

Our repentance is not so much sorrow for the ill we have done as a fear of the ill that may befall us. François de La Rochefoucauld

Tell not ever an evil man if misfortunes thee befall. Norse Proverb

Whatever befalls the priest let it befall the priest's wife. Cypress Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Beezley BEF befal befallen befalling befamilied