peradventure

per·ad·ven·ture

P0181200 (pûr′əd-vĕn′chər, pĕr′-)adv. Archaic Perhaps; perchance.n. Chance or uncertainty; doubt.

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[Middle English per aventure, from Old French, by chance : per, through (from Latin; see per) + aventure, chance; see adventure.]

peradventure

(pərədˈvɛntʃə; ˌpɜːr-) advby chance; perhapsnchance, uncertainty, or doubt[C13: from Old French par aventure by chance]

per•ad•ven•ture

(ˌpɜr ədˈvɛn tʃər, ˌpɛr-)

n. 1. chance, doubt, or uncertainty. 2. surmise. adv. 3. Archaic. it may be; maybe; possibly; perhaps. [1250–1300; Middle English per aventure < Old French. See per, adventure]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	peradventure - doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case; "this proves beyond peradventure that he is innocent"doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty - the state of being unsure of something
Adv.	1.	peradventure - 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, perhaps, possibly, perchance

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