Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

befal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-fal
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Obsolete form of befall.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Another misfortune which befel poor Sophia was the company of Lord Fellamar, whom she met at the opera, and who attended her to the drum."
"[…] they parted, with a very earnest assurance on her side of her unceasing good wishes for his happiness in every change of situation that might befal him; […]"
"He promised to communicate with me, when anything befel him; and he slung his bag about him, took his hat and stick, and bade us both “Good bye!”"
"I only hoped that whatever was to befal me might soon be over, for the tension of nerve was growing more than I could bear."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

befals (present, singular) befaling (participle, present) befel (past) befalen (participle, past)

Questions

What does befal mean?: Obsolete form of befall.

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