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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.