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bechance

Bechance, v. t. & i.

To befall; to chance; to happen to. God knows what hath bechanced them. Shak.

1 other Webster entry under this spelling

Bechance, adv.

By chance; by accident. [Obs.] Grafton.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for bechance; he lists it under happen.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.