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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bih-fawl |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈfɔl |
Definition of befallen
Origin :- Old English befeallan "to deprive of; fall to, be assigned to; befall," from be- "by, about" + feallan (see fall). Cf. Old Frisian bifalla, Old Saxon, Old High German bifallan, German befallen. Related: Befell; befalling.
- verb happen to; take place
- She was kind-hearted; else never would calamity have befallen her.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- The afternoon was not very advanced, for all that had befallen him.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Even while he was an infant in the cradle a strange accident had befallen hum.
- Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Immediately after escaping from this peril, a still greater one had befallen him.
- Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- We cheered, thinking some dire calamity had befallen the enemy.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- "God give that that has not befallen her," moaned Professor Maxon.
- Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Notscha hurried to his master and related with tears what had befallen him.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- She clung to the conviction that he could never have heard of what had befallen her.
- Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald
- Dazed I was, to be sure, scarce comprehending the calamity that had befallen us.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The adjacency of the edge of the culvert warned him of what had befallen.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
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