Befall is an old fashioned or literary way of saying something happened by chance. Bad luck befalls a heroine who drops her lucky rabbit foot.
To happen to.
Verb
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)
Verb
become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?"
v. t.
To happen to.
v. i.
To come to pass; to happen.
Befall
I beseech your grace that I may know The worst that may befall me.
Befall
I have revealed . . . the discord which befell.
To happen to.
To come to pass; to happen.
Usage Examples
Take a course in good water and air and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone no harm will befall you.
When we have done our best, we can, as a united people, take whatever may befall with calm courage and confidence that this old nation will survive and if death should come to many of us, death is not the end.
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Other Usage ExamplesI've become a professional failure - in order to pay the mortgage I have to remain unemployed. Luckily, a disaster always seems to befall me at exactly the right moment.
Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.