bechance — ozdic

Definitions

verb

1

To happen; chance.

2

To happen (to); befall to.

Disturb his hours of rest with restless trances, / Afflict him in his bed with bedrid groans; / Let there bechance him pitiful mischances, / To make him moan; but pity not his moans: / Stone him with harden'd hearts, harder than stones

adv

1

Accidentally; by chance.

[Y]et we haue withſtood them till at the last battayle of Branxſton, where we bechaunce loſt our ſouereigne Lorde, and many noble men, but that was by treaſon of his Lord Chamberleyn, and yet I thinke we wanne the field: […]

Collocations

3

ADJ.

pitiful

VERB + BECHANCE

let

BECHANCE + NOUN

mischances

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by

verb — become of

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

Disturb his hours of rest with restless trances, / Afflict him in his bed with bedrid groans; / Let there bechance him pitiful mischances, / To make him moan; but pity not his moans: / Stone him with

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02

[Y]et we haue withſtood them till at the last battayle of Branxſton, where we bechaunce loſt our ſouereigne Lorde, and many noble men, but that was by treaſon of his Lord Chamberleyn, and yet I thinke

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Usage Notes

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