bechance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bechance	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bechance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bechance v become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?" Synonym(s): befall, bechance, betide happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana) Synonym(s): happen, befall, bechance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bechance \Be*chance"\, adv. [Pref. be- for by + chance.] By chance; by accident. [Obs.] --Grafton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bechance \Be*chance"\, v. t. & i. To befall; to chance; to happen to. God knows what hath bechanced them. --Shak.