bechance

i. & t. [Eng. be; chance.] 1. To chance to, to happen to. "All happine bechance to thee in Milan." 2. To befall. Shakesp.: Two Gent. of Verona , 1. 1. "My sons, God knows what hath bechanced them." Shakesp.: 3 Henry VI., 1. 4. 'bě-chan'çe, adv. [O. Eng. be = by, and Eng. chance.] By chance; perhaps. * bě-chan'çed, pa. par. [BECHANCE, 1.] * bě-ghan'ç-ing, pr. par. [BECHANCE, V.]