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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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