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Webster 1913 Edition
Befall
Be-fall′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Befell
; p. p.
Befallen
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Befalling
.] [AS.
befeallan
; pref. be-
+ feallan
to fall.] To happen to.
I beseech your grace that I may know
The worst that may
The worst that may
befall
me. Shakespeare
Be-fall′
,Verb.
I.
To come to pass; to happen.
I have revealed . . . the discord which
befell
. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Befall
BEFALL'
,Verb.
T.
To happen to; to occur to; as, let me know the worst that can befall me. It usually denotes ill. It is generally transitive in form, but there seems to be an ellipsis of to,and to sometimes follows it.
BEFALL'
,Verb.
I.
To befall of is not legitimate.