And on a day it befell him that he was benighted in a hermitage. A great distress befell him on the day appointed for his licensure. How hardly she had 'scaped that night the danger that befell. I come now to the relation of a misfortune, which about this time befell Mrs.
What does befell mean?
intransitive verb. : to happen especially as if by fate. transitive verb. : to happen to the fate that befell them.
How do you use the word befall in a sentence?
Befall Sentence Examples
- All real good or evil that can befall him must be from himself..
- If any mishap befall the queen, the workers can sometimes keep the community from dying out.
- Then he summoned all the "sons" to gather round his bed, and told them "what shall befall in the latter days" (xlix.).
