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bechances

bechances is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 bechances

What is bechances the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bechances is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bechance.

Words near bechances in the dictionary

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

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