Associations to the word «Befall»
Noun
- Calamity
- Misfortune
- Fate
- Catastrophe
- Affliction
- Harm
- Disaster
- Quixote
- Sancho
- Tragedy
- Mischief
- Damsel
- Accident
- Adventures
- Tiding
- Evil
- Naught
- Woe
- Hap
- Disgrace
- Recount
- Worst
- Fortune
- Adventure
- Wilt
- Allah
- Reverse
- Ill
- Sorrow
- Valour
- Peril
- Misery
- Worse
- Weep
- Heed
- Wherefore
- Luck
- Malady
- Him
- Hereafter
- Doom
- Rejoicing
- Bot
- Apprehension
- Senor
- Anguish
- Enchantment
- Parishioner
- Grief
- Suffering
- Consolation
- Til
- Particular
- Renown
- Ignorant
- Almighty
- Wrath
Adjective
Wiktionary
BEFALL, verb. (intransitive) To happen.
BEFALL, verb. (transitive) To happen to.
BEFALL, noun. Case; instance; circumstance; event; incident; accident.
Dictionary definition
BEFALL, verb. Become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?".
BEFALL, verb. Happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana).
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.