English | German | Russian | Czech
Englishfor English speakers
Englishas a second language

befall English

Meaning befall meaning

What does befall mean?

befall

— verb become of; happen to He promised that no harm would befall her What has become of my children? — verb (= happen) happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; ; (Santayana) It happens that today is my birthday These things befell

Synonyms befall synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as befall?

befall English » English

happen occur bechance take place betide happen to fall overtake fall out come turn up transpire suit strike start shape reach pass match light upon light happen unexpectedly hap go on fortune fit fall upon fall to the lot fall to extend descend upon cross paths comport with come across come about click chance beseem belong begin be the result autumn arrive arise appear amount to affect accrue

Topics befall topics

What do people use befall to talk about?
Grammar General words Do

Happen

Conjugation befall conjugation

How do you conjugate befall?

befall · verb

Examples befall examples

How do I use befall in a sentence?

Simple sentences

No harm shall befall thee.

Movie subtitles

Curse and damnation shall befall anyone Who moves to annul King Henry's marriage.
Who knows, but that a series of misfortunes. will befall these worshippers of the false god. and force them, regretfully, to depart.
Now fair befall you.
There shall no evil befall you, or any plagues come near you.
Mr. Elster, suspecting all was not well with his wife's mental state took the preliminary precaution of having her watched by Mr. Ferguson lest any harm befall her.
Lord, let not temptation, shame, nor danger befall thy servants this day.
A pestilence shall befall you.
I do not want to command the Enterprise, but if it should befall me, I suggest you remember that my operatives would avenge my death and some of them are Vulcans.
Abu-Gond and Vana-Gond; alone of your generation you have been chosen for the highest honour that can befall a Gond.
Now, those in favour of not getting involved in the crisis which is about to befall our fair community, keepin' the hell off the streets and out of the way of the shooting, raise your hands.
That was symbolic of the fate that was to befall you. -. if you betrayed the organization?
That was symbolic of the fate that would befall you if you betrayed the organization?
Remember, Captain, no harm must befall the King.
If anything happens to him, it would be the worst calamity to befall Rome since the death of Germanicus.
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
Sometimes, death is not the worst that can befall a man. and I don't refer to torture or any type of violence.
His passionate temperament made him particularly vulnerable to. the mishaps that befall the most confident of men.
But if we don't, the country's politics will be chaotic and the harm will befall on all peoples.
Never seen such a curse befall a folk in all me 459 years.
Now, those in favor of not getting involved in the crisis which is about to befall our fair community. In other words, keeping the hell off the streets and out of the way till the shooting is over, raise your hands.
If an unlucky accident should befall him, if he should be shot by a police officer, or if he should hang himself in his jail cell, or if he's struck by a bolt of lightning, then I'm going to blame some of the people in this room.
What now will befall us?
My horoscope said I should be careful today or some great physical harm could befall me.
The greatest calamity that could befall early man was the loss of fire.
For God's sake! Leave this place or misfortune will befall you.
Mr. Elster, suspecting that all was not well with his wife's mental state, took the preliminary precaution of having her watched by Mr. Ferguson, lest any harm befall her.
You will go to ruin! Misfortune will befall you! You will die!
But if it should befall me, I suggest you remember that my operatives would avenge my death.
But what should befall him?
It's doing great, we can't befall.
To any one of us can befall death on the mounts, and nobody would find us any more if not the rain or the vulture.
You in Genoa, in America, who knows, you had to do something, to understand something which was going to befall you.
Leave this place or misfortune will befall you.

News and current affairs

That, together with the counterfactual - the economic calamity that would befall Germany following a collapse of the euro - implies a unique obligation to maintain it.
OXFORD - The most tragic event that can befall new parents is the sudden, unexpected death of their baby.

Are you looking for...?

befallen | befalling | befang | befangled | before a big crowd | BEF | before it | befetter | befevered | befezzed | befie | befight
Wordcyclopedia Gutes Wörterbuch Толстый словарь Dobrý slovník
Sources WordNet, Open Multilingual Wordnet, Wiktionary, Dbnary, Panlex, FreeLing, Tatoeba, OpenSubtitles.org, Project Syndicate, OPUS, Kelly Project, SIL Semantic Domains
Contact info@wordcyclopedia.com
Creative Commons BY-SA