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Befall

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Befortune

To befall

Misfall

To befall as ill luck to happen to unluckily

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escheat

reversion of property, from Old French escheoite accession, inheritance, from feminine past participle of escheoir to fall (to), befall, ultimately from Latin ex- out + cadere to fall] 1 : escheated property 2 : the reversion of

Betide

To happen to to befall to come to as woe betide the wanderer

Hate

Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed as exercised toward things intense dislike hatred detestation opposed to

Romance

hence any fictitious and wonderful tale a sort of novel especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine a tale of extravagant adventures of love and the like

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