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Word entry · 6 letters

befall

Best crossword clue

"Come about"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /bɪˈfɔːl/Part of speech verbSorted abefllStarts with BEnds with L2 cluesCommon crossword word
1B2E3F4A5L6L

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Definitions

  1. happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance

Word origin

From Middle English bifallen, from Old English befeallan, from Proto-West Germanic *bifallan, from Proto-Germanic *bifallaną; equivalent to be- + fall.

Used in a sentence

  • “At dusk an unusual calm befalls the wetlands.”
  • “It befell in the days of Uther Pendragon [...] that there was a mighty duke in Cornwall that held war against him long time.”
  • “Temptation befell me.”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01“Come about”6 letters
02“Happen to”6 letters

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