Antonyms for befell


Grammar : Verb
Spell : bih-fawl
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈfɔl


Definition of befell

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 :
  • I cannot stop to tell you hardly any of the adventures that befell Theseus on the road to Athens.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • And one night it befell that he was rewarded, for the raiders attempted an entrance.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • And now we will see what befell Robin Hood in his venture as beggar.
  • Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
  • And now let us see what befell Little John while these things were happening.
  • Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
  • I am in no way accountable for his actions or for anything that ever befell him.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens
  • As we drove up to Lime Street station there befell—a porter.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • And so it befell; for many tried to escape, and all of them were seized.
  • Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
  • It's the rarest piece of luck ever befell, to have chanced upon you.
  • Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. » by Charles James Lever
  • When their reverses of fortune first befell them, Miss Barrington wished to emigrate.
  • Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
  • I will here relate an amusing adventure which befell me on my way.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Synonyms for befell

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