English-Thai Dictionary
peradventure
ADV อย่าง ไม่แน่ นอน อาจ เป็นไปได้ บางที อาจจะ haply mayhap yang-mai-nea-non
peradventure
N ความไม่แน่นอน ความบังเอิญ ความเป็นไปได้ kwam-mai-nea-non
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PERADVENTURE
adv. [L. venio, to come. ] By chance; perhaps; it may be. It has been used as a noun for doubt or question, but rather improperly. The word is obsolescent and inelegant.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PERADVENTURE
Per `ad *ven "ture, adv. & conj. Etym: [OE. per aventure, F. par aventure. See Per, and Adventure. ]
Defn: By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing. "If peradventure he speak against me. " Shak. Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city. Gen. xviii. 24.
PERADVENTURE
PERADVENTURE Per `ad *ven "ture, n.
Defn: Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond peradventure. South.
New American Oxford Dictionary
peradventure
per ad ven ture |ˌpərədˈvenCHər, ˌper- ˈˌpərədˈvɛntʃər | archaic humorous ▶adverb archaic or humorous perhaps: peradventure I'm not as wealthy as he is. ▶noun archaic or humorous uncertainty or doubt as to whether something is the case: that shows beyond peradventure the strength of the economy. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French per (or par ) auenture ‘by chance. ’
Oxford Dictionary
peradventure
peradventure |ˌp (ə )rədˈvɛntʃə, pəːr - | archaic or humorous ▶adverb perhaps: peradventure I'm not as wealthy as he is. ▶noun [ mass noun ] uncertainty or doubt as to whether something is the case: that shows beyond peradventure the strength of the economy. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French per (or par ) auenture ‘by chance ’.
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