perchance

per·chance

P0183200 (pər-chăns′)adv. Perhaps; possibly.

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[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman par chance : par, by (from Latin per; see per) + chance, chance (from Old French; see chance).]

perchance

(pəˈtʃɑːns) adv1. perhaps; possibly2. by chance; accidentally[C14: from Anglo-French par chance; see per, chance]

per•chance

(pərˈtʃæns, -ˈtʃɑns)

adv. 1. perhaps; maybe; possibly. 2. Archaic. by chance. [1300–50; Middle English, variant of par chance by chance < Anglo-French]

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	perchance - through chance, "To sleep, perchance to dream.."by chancearchaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression
	2.	perchance - by chance; "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time"maybe, mayhap, peradventure, perhaps, possibly

perchance

adverb (Archaic or poetic) perhaps, probably, maybe, possibly, by chance, mayhap (archaic), peradventure (archaic), for all you know, haply (archaic) Are we, perchance, overlooking one small detail?

perchance

adverbPossibly but not certainly:maybe, mayhap, perhaps.

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