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befall

befall is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To happen to. I beseech your grace that I may know The worst that may befall me. Shak.
  2. 2.To come to pass; to happen. I have revealed . . . the discord which befell. Milton.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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