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
- 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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