befall
/bɪˈfɔl/ verb C2- To fall upon; fall all over; overtake. · At dusk an unusual calm befalls the wetlands.
- To happen.
- To happen to. · Temptation befell me.
He/she/it befalls · Past befell · Past participle befallen · -ing form befalling
Verb forms
- Base form
- befall
- He/she/it
- befalls
- Past
- befell
- Past participle
- befallen
- -ing form
- befalling
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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Morrel,” said Danglars, “you have heard of the misfortune that has befallen us?”
Come, tell me all the good fortune that has befallen you.”
When they had dragged the nets to the shore they found but few fish: the nets were full of sand and stones, and the men were beyond measure cast down so much at the disappointment which had befallen them, but because they had formed such very different expectations.
The Lion said to the Fox, “It is not thou who revilest me; but this mischance which has befallen me.”
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