9 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
verb become of; happen to
verb happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; ; (Santayana)
originFrom Middle English bifallinge, equivalent to befall + -ing. Cognate with Dutch bevalling (“delivery, labour”), Swedish befallning (“command, behest, charge”).
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