Dictionary Entry
befall
befall is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To happen to. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To happen to.
- 2intransitive verb
To come to pass; to happen.
- 3verb
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance (Santayana)
"It happens that today is my birthday"
"These things befell"
- 4verb
become of; happen to
"He promised that no harm would befall her"
"What has become of my children?"
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