Befall \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.
Befall \Be*fall"\, v. i. To come to pass; to happen.
I have revealed . . . the discord which befell. --Milton.
Cranston and Leahy complained that this estimate was too small _ that the Defense Department omitted operation and maintenance expense over the life of the plane and failed to recognize that cost increases that plagued the B-1B likely will befall the B-2.
Other senators could only reflect, aloud, on the pain they would feel should such a thing befall their daughters.
Back when the original Tom Swift series appeared, being a serious science nerd was hardly the worst fate that could befall someone.
The Grays Lake flock was started in 1975 in an attempt to create a second whooping crane flock in case disaster should befall the Canadian flock.
The latest setback to befall AIPAC is last week's resignation of its legislative director, Douglas Bloomfield, the organization's respected and popular liaison with Congress.
Otherwise they will probably throw it in the bin,' he says. This fate is likely to befall teaching aids which include a sprinkling of corporate brand-names.
Should Dukakis become president and some evil befall him, we can imagine Lloyd Bentsen working mightily to undo just about every major Dukakis policy.
Barkai said calls ran about 3-2 against the 97-year-old rabbi, who also predicted another disaster may befall Jews for violating traditional religious tenets.
Many analysts believe a similar fate will befall the 1991 Bush budget, the president's first complete spending blueprint.