Per`ad*ven"ture (?), adv. & conj. [OE. per aventure, F. par aventure. See Per, and Adventure.]
By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing.
"If
peradventure he speak against me."
Shak.
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city.
Gen. xviii. 24.
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Per`ad*ven"ture, n.
Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond peradventure.
South.
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