1. befall - Noun
2. befall - Verb
To happen to.
To come to pass; to happen.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe 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