peradventure
peradventure adverb: perchance or maybe; perhaps; supposing.
Adverb
peradventure (not comparable)
- Perchance or maybe; perhaps; supposing.
- For be God the Propheit was commandit to stand in the entress of the Lordis house, and to speik to all the cieties of Juda that come to wirschip in the house of the Lord; and was commandit to keip no word aback, gif peradventure, sayeth the Lord, thay will herkin and turne everie man frome his...1554, John Knox, A Godly Letter of Warning or Admonition to the Faithfull in London, Newcastle, and Berwick
- Beſides he tells me, that, if peraduenture / He ſpeake againſt me on the aduerse ſide, / I ſhould not thinke it ſtrange, for 'tis a phyſicke / That's bitter, to ſweet end.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
Noun
peradventure (plural peradventures)
- Chance, doubt or uncertainty.
- Covetousness cracks the sinews of faith; numbs the apprehension of any thing above sense; and only affected with the certainty of things present, makes a peradventure of things to come […]1716, Thomas Browne, edited by Samuel Johnson, Christian Morals, 2nd edition, London: J. Payne, published 1756, Part I, p. 16
- By his death Bruno did not prove that his convictions are true, but he proved beyond peradventure that he was a true man; and by such from the beginning has human nature been raised towards that ideal nature which we call divine.1800, William R. Thayer, “Woman Suffrage, Pro and Con”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 65, page 310
peradventure meaning in Malayalam and Kannada
peradventure in Malayalam
- ദൈവവശാൽ, യദൃച്ഛയാ, ആകുന്നപക്ഷം, ആകസ്മികമായി
peradventure in Kannada
- ಒಂದು ವೇಳೆ, ಪ್ರಾಯಶಃ, ಬಹುಶಃ
Forms of peradventure
| plural | peradventures |
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Origin of peradventure
From Middle English peraventure, peradventure, from Old French par aventure. Spelling modified as though from Latin. Equivalent to per- + adventure.
Questions about peradventure
- What does peradventure mean?
- Peradventure means perchance or maybe; perhaps; supposing.
- What is peradventure in Malayalam?
- Peradventure in Malayalam is ദൈവവശാൽ, യദൃച്ഛയാ, ആകുന്നപക്ഷം. See Peradventure meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is peradventure?
- Peradventure can be an adverb or a noun.
Words near peradventure in the dictionary
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