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  1. 1. v. t. To happen to. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To come to pass; to happen. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. become of; happen to Source: wordnet
  4. 4. v. happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance Source: wordnet
  5. 5. To happen to. I beseech your grace that I may know The worst that may befall me. Shak. To come to pass; to happen. I have revealed . . . the discord which befell. Milton. Source: webster
  6. 6. To happen to.I beseech your grace that I may know The worst that may befall me.Shak. Source: adambom
  7. 7. v:100 v. become of; happen to Source: ecdict

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