单词 | befall |
释义 | befall/bɪˈfɔːl![]() verb (past befell /bɪˈfɛl/; past participle befallen /bɪˈfɔːlən/) [with object] literary (Especially of something bad) happen to (someone): a tragedy befell his daughter [no object]: she was to blame for anything that befell...
Synonyms happen to, overtake, come upon, fall upon, hit, strike, be visited on happen, occur, take place, chance to happen, arise, emerge, come about, transpire, materialize, appear, make an appearance, surface, crop up, spring up, present itself; ensue, follow, result, supervene North American informal go down literary come to pass, betide rare hap, eventuate OriginOld English befeallan 'to fall' (early use being chiefly figurative); related to German befallen.
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