bechance
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bechance¹
- /bɪˈt͡ʃæns/
- /bɪˈt͡ʃɑːns/
Rhymes with -æns, -ɑːns
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi
Proto-Germanic *bider.
Proto-Germanic *bi-
Proto-West Germanic *bi-
Old English be-
Middle English bi-
English be-
English chance
English bechance
From be- + chance.
verb bechances · bechancing · bechanced
- To happen; chance.
- To happen (to); befall to. Disturb his hours of rest with restless trances, / Afflict him in his bed with bedrid groans; / Let there bechance him pitiful mischances, / To make him moan; but pity not his moans: / Stone him with harden'd hearts, harder than stones
bechance²
- /bɪˈt͡ʃæns/
- /bɪˈt͡ʃɑːns/
Rhymes with -æns, -ɑːns
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi
Proto-Germanic *bider.
Proto-Germanic *bi-
Proto-West Germanic *bi-
Old English be-
Middle English bi-
English be-
English chance
English bechance
From be- (“by”) + chance.
adverb
- Accidentally; by chance. [Y]et we haue withſtood them till at the last battayle of Branxſton, where we bechaunce loſt our ſouereigne Lorde, and many noble men, but that was by treaſon of his Lord Chamberleyn, and yet I thinke we wanne the field: […]
