What does "befall" mean?
Befall: To happen to. I beseech your grace that I may know The worst that may befall me. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.To come to pass; to happen. I have revealed . . . the discord which befell. Milton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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