单词 | by perchance |
释义 | > as lemmasby perchance 1. A chance, a possibility. Usually in by perchance: by chance. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [phrase] > by chance by perchance1495 at a venture1517 per accidens1528 at hazard (also hazards)a1533 at random1543 by occasion1562 at range1568 by the way1572 by (also at) (a) peradventurea1586 hit or miss1609 at the by1611 hob-nob1660 hit and miss1897 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xvii. clxxv Also a rodde shal stretche vpryght of itself but whan it is yonge and tendre that by perchaunce it happyth that it crokyth and bendeth. 1848 G. Lippard Paul Ardenheim ii. xxvi. 406 ‘I'll risk the Perchance!’ said Jacopo, as he felt for the mysterious letter. 1999 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 6 Sept. 13 By perchance, by talent, or because..Mulholland chooses his prize-giving curators to match his own tastes, the majority of those artists..have local roots. < as lemmas |
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