English-Thai Dictionary

befall

VT เกิดขึ้น  บัง เกิดขึ้น  happen koed-kuen

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BEFALL

v.t. pret.befell; part. befallen. 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

v.i.To happen; to come to pass. To befall of is not legitimate.

 

BEFALLING

ppr. Happening to; occurring to; coming to pass.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BEFALL

Be *fall ", v. t. [imp. Befell; p. p. Befallen; p. pr. & vb. n.Befalling. ] Etym: [AS. befeallan; pref. be- + feallan to fall. ]

 

Defn: To happen to. I beseech your grace that I may know The worst that may befall me. Shak.

 

BEFALL

BEFALL Be *fall ", v. i.

 

Defn: To come to pass; to happen. I have revealed. .. the discord which befell. Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

befall

be fall |biˈfôl bəˈfɔl | ▶verb ( past befell ; past participle befallen ) [ with obj. ] literary (of something bad ) happen to someone: a tragedy befell his daughter | [ no obj. ] : she was to blame for anything that befell. ORIGIN Old English befeallan ‘to fall ’ (early use being chiefly figurative ); related to German befallen .

 

Oxford Dictionary

befall

be ¦fall |bɪˈfɔːl | ▶verb ( past befell |bɪˈfɛl |; past participle befallen |bɪˈfɔːlən | ) [ with obj. ] literary (especially of something bad ) happen to (someone ): a tragedy befell his daughter | [ no obj. ] : she was to blame for anything that befell. ORIGIN Old English befeallan ‘to fall ’ (early use being chiefly figurative ); related to German befallen .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

befall

befall verb literary 1 the same fate befell him: happen to, overtake, come upon, be visited on. 2 tell us what befell: happen, occur, take place, come about, transpire, materialize; ensue, follow, result; informal go down; literary come to pass, betide.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

befall

befall verb literary 1 a catastrophe befell their grandsons: happen to, overtake, come upon, fall upon, hit, strike, be visited on. 2 she was to blame for anything that befell: happen, occur, take place, chance to happen, arise, emerge, come about, transpire, materialize, appear, make an appearance, surface, crop up, spring up, present itself; ensue, follow, result, supervene; N. Amer. informal go down; literary come to pass, betide; rare hap, eventuate.

 

Duden Dictionary

Befall

Be fall Substantiv, maskulin , der |Bef a ll |das Befallenwerden, Befallensein von Krankheiten oder Schädlingen (besonders bei Pflanzen ) der Befall bestimmter Pflanzen mit Mehltau

 

befallen

be fal len starkes Verb |bef a llen |starkes Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « mittelhochdeutsch bevallen = hinfallen; fallend bedecken, über etwas ausbreiten plötzlich, unvermittelt ergreifen, erfassen, überkommen hohes Fieber befiel ihn | viele Zuschauer wurden von Panik befallen | ein von Pilzen befallener Baum

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

befall

be fall /bɪfɔ́ːl /動詞 (→fall )他動詞 ｟かたく ｠〈通例よくないことが 〉〈人 〉に起こる, 降りかかる (!受け身にしない ) .