peradventure : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: peradventure	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for peradventure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peradventure adv by chance; "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time" Synonym(s): possibly, perchance, perhaps, maybe, mayhap, peradventure n doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case; "this proves beyond peradventure that he is innocent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peradventure \Per`ad*ven"ture\, n. Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond peradventure. --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peradventure \Per`adven"ture\, adv. & conj. [OE. per aventure, F. par aventure. See {Per}, and {Adventure}.] By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing. [bd]If peradventure* he speak against me.[b8] --Shak. Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city. --Gen. xviii. 24.