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perhap

perhap is the obsolete form of perhaps.

Meaning of perhaps

Adverb

perhaps (not comparable)

  1. Possibly.
    • Perhaps John will come over for dinner.
  2. (dated) By chance.
    • […] will live until he dies perhaps, and then lie down in clover.c. 1850, “Landlord, Fill the Flowing Bowl”

See all 3 meanings of perhaps

Origin of perhap

Inherited from Middle English perhap.

Questions about perhap

What is perhap the obsolete form of?
Perhap is the obsolete form of perhaps.

Words near perhap in the dictionary

  1. perhalogenation
  2. Perham
  3. Perham Down
  4. perhamite
  5. Perhams
  6. perhap
  7. perhappenstance
  8. perhaps
  9. perhapser
  10. perhapsers
  11. perhapses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: perhap (page history and authors); perhaps (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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