Associations to the word «Peradventure»

Wiktionary

PERADVENTURE, adverb. (archaic) perchance or maybe; perhaps; supposing
PERADVENTURE, noun. Chance, doubt or uncertainty

Dictionary definition

PERADVENTURE, noun. Doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case; "this proves beyond peradventure that he is innocent".
PERADVENTURE, adverb. By chance; "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time".

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.
William Butler Yeats