English Dictionary: chancing | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Chance \Chance\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chanced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chancing}.] To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation. [bd]Things that chance daily.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia). If a bird's nest chance to be before thee. --Deut. xxii. 6. I chanced on this letter. --Shak. Note: Often used impersonally; as, how chances it? How chance, thou art returned so soon? --Shak. |