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Definition of befall verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

befall

verb

NAmE//bɪˈfɔl//

befall somebody (used only in the third person)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they befall

he / she / it befalls

past simple befell

past participle befallen

-ing form befalling

(literary) (of something unpleasant) to happen to someone They were unaware of the fate that was to befall them.

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