chanceth

Verb

chance (third-person singular simple present chances, present participle chancing, simple past and past participle chanced)

1. (archaic, intransitive) To happen by chance, to occur.
   • It chanced that I found a solution the very next day.
2. (archaic, transitive) To befall; to happen to.
   • […] while the King and Godwine sate at the table, accompanied with others of the nobilitie, it chanced the cupbearer (as he brought wine to the bourd) to slip with the one foote, and yet by good strength of his other leg, to recover himselfe without falling […]1826, William Lambarde, A Perambulation of Kent
3. To try or risk.
   • Shall we carry the umbrella, or chance a rainstorm?

   Synonyms:

   test

4. To discover something by chance.
   • He chanced upon a kindly stranger who showed him the way.

   Synonyms:

   come across

5. (Belize) To rob, cheat or swindle someone.
   • The car broke down a week after I bought it. I was chanced by that fast-talking salesman.

   Synonyms:

   deceive

6. (Nigeria) To take an opportunity from someone; to cut a queue.

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