Befal

Quick meaning: Befal is a verb meaning Obsolete form of befall.

Meaning

Obsolete form of befall.

Example Sentences

I only hoped that whatever was to befal me might soon be over, for the tension of nerve was growing more than I could bear.

Another misfortune which befel poor Sophia was the company of Lord Fellamar, whom she met at the opera, and who attended her to the drum.

He promised to communicate with me, when anything befel him; and he slung his bag about him, took his hat and stick, and bade us both “Good bye!”

[…] they parted, with a very earnest assurance on her side of her unceasing good wishes for his happiness in every change of situation that might befal him; […]

Word Forms

• befals
• befaling
• befel
• befalen

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include faile, fayle, bely, beseeke, fynd, bete.

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