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.
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Be*fall", v. i.
To come to pass; to happen.
I have revealed . . . the discord which befell.
Milton.
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