Befall, v. i.
To come to pass; to happen. I have revealed . . . the discord which befell. Milton.
1 other Webster entry under this spelling
Befall, v. t. [imp. Befell; p. p. Befallen; p. pr. & vb. n. Befalling.]
To happen to. I beseech your grace that I may know The worst that may befall me. Shak.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for befall; he lists it under happen.
Where he writes about it:
Befall and betide are transitive; happen is intransitive; something befalls or betides a person or happens to him. — from happen
Antonyms
none given