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Definition of Befalls

Befall
Befall Be*fall", v. t. [imp. Befell; p. p. Befallen; p. pr. & vb. n. Befalling.] [AS. befeallan; pref. be- + feallan to fall.] To happen to. I beseech your grace that I may know The worst that may befall me. --Shak.
Befall
Befall Be*fall", v. i. To come to pass; to happen. I have revealed . . . the discord which befell. --Milton.

Meaning of Befalls from wikipedia

- trust in God’s wisdom. It is reported that Muhammad said when a disaster befalls a believer and they recite this phrase, God would grant them something...
- Margaret Woo, an American expatriate living in Hong Kong when tragedy befalls her family. Expats follows "the vibrant lives of a close-knit expatriate...
- also suggests that bad but justified outcomes should, or eventually will, befall tyrants. It is the state motto of Virginia. Before 509 BC, Rome was ruled...
- may refer to: Curse, an expressed wish that some form of adversity will befall another Cursed (2004 film), a ****anese horror film by Yoshihiro Hoshino...
- (Michael Rennie), instructs Helen Benson (Patricia Neal) that if any harm befalls him, she must say the phrase to the robot Gort (Lockard Martin). The Robot...
- family, and threatened vague but severe consequences if anything should befall them. Although Leopold saw the Pillnitz Declaration as an easy way to appear...
- symptom (from Gr**** σύμπτωμα, "accident, misfortune, that which befalls", from συμπίπτω, "I befall", from συν- "together, with" and πίπτω, "I fall") is a departure...
- is believed that if natives aren't careful to follow them, a curse will befall them. An action Filipinos do to counter a negative remark. A common phrase...
- phrase written by the famous Han dynasty historian Sima Qian: "Though death befalls all men alike, it may be heavy as Mount Tai or light as a feather" (人固有一死,或轻于鸿毛,或重于泰山)...
- Newfoundland and Labrador is remembered as the worst disaster ever to befall that city.[citation needed] Previous "Great Fires" had occurred in St. John's...