What does befal mean?
Befal means Obsolete form of befall..
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Obsolete form of befall..
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.
[…] 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; […]
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!”
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.
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Befal means Obsolete form of befall..
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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.
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