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bechanced

bechanced is the simple past and past participle of bechance.

Meaning of bechance

Verb

bechance (third-person singular simple present bechances, present participle bechancing, simple past and past participle bechanced)

  1. (intransitive) To happen; chance.
    Synonyms:
    come to pass
  2. (archaic, transitive) 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 stones1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC

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Questions about bechanced

What is bechanced the simple past and past participle of?
Bechanced is the simple past and past participle of bechance.

Words near bechanced in the dictionary

  1. bechalks
  2. bechamel
  3. bechamel sauce
  4. bechamels
  5. bechance
  6. bechanced
  7. bechances
  8. bechancing
  9. Bechard
  10. Bechards
  11. becharita

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