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bechance

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be·chance  (b-chns)
intr. & tr.v. be·chanced, be·chanc·ing, be·chanc·es Archaic
To happen or happen to.

bechance [bɪˈtʃɑːns]
vb
(intr) Archaic to happen (to)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.bechance - become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?"
hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
2.bechance - happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana)
hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
happen - chance to be or do something, without intention or causation; "I happen to have just what you need!"


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In the second stanza--which alludes to Hardy's "When I set out for Lyonesse," "Nor did the wisest wizard guess/ What would bechance at Lyonesse/ While I should sojourn there"--the reflective, private, poet-wizard-seer (plain "Hardy") suddenly surfaces when he's alone with Sassoon and mysteriously replaces the apparently ordinary man: Head propped on hand, he sat with me alone, Silent, the log fire flickering on his face.
 
 
 
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