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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
bechance
    v 1: become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would
         befall her"; "What has become of my children?" [syn:
         befall, bechance, betide]
    2: happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by
       chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things
       befell" (Santayana) [syn: happen, befall, bechance]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bechance \Be*chance"\, adv. [Pref. be- for by + chance.]
   By chance; by accident. [Obs.] --Grafton.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bechance \Be*chance"\, v. t. & i.
   To befall; to chance; to happen to.
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         God knows what hath bechanced them.      --Shak.
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