† withfalln.
Obsolete. rare.
A chance, casualty, accident; a symptom.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > chance or fortuitous event
adventure?c1225
hapc1275
chancea1300
fortunea1375
accidenta1398
casualtya1513
to-fall1562
withfall1562
casual1566
casuality1574
stour1583
upcasta1616
contingency1620
haphazard1651
contingence1660
unaccountable1789
happen-so1816
happenchance1847
happenstance1857
society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign > symptom
accidenta1400
withfall1562
symptom1611
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 46v The vnrype apples eaten with theyr sede bryng dedely withfalles.
1572 J. Jones Bathes of Bathes Ayde iii. f. 22 Accident is that, which the Greekes call Symptoma, and wee properly in English, to fall and with fall.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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