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bechancing

bechancing is the present participle and gerund 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 bechancing

What is bechancing the present participle and gerund of?
Bechancing is the present participle and gerund of bechance.

Words near bechancing in the dictionary

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

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