bechance

be·chance

B0145300 (bĭ-chăns′)intr. & tr.v. be·chanced, be·chanc·ing, be·chanc·es Archaic To happen or happen to.

(bɪˈtʃɑːns) vb (intr) archaic to happen (to)

(bɪˈtʃæns, -ˈtʃɑns)

v.i., v.t. -chanced, -chanc•ing. Archaic. to befall. [1520–30; from phrase by chance]

Past participle: bechanced
Gerund: bechancing

Imperative
bechance
bechance

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bechancing
you will have been bechancing
he/she/it will have been bechancing
we will have been bechancing
you will have been bechancing
they will have been bechancing

Past Conditional
I would have bechanced
you would have bechanced
he/she/it would have bechanced
we would have bechanced
you would have bechanced
they would have bechanced

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	bechance - become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?"befall, betidehap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
	2.	bechance - happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana)befall, happenhap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"happen - chance to be or do something, without intention or causation; "I happen to have just what you need!"