befall
11Befall — Be|fall [bə fal], der; [e]s: das Befallenwerden, Befallensein von Krankheiten oder Schädlingen (besonders bei Pflanzen): etwas gegen den Befall von Bohnen mit Blattläusen unternehmen. Zus.: Blattlausbefall, Pilzbefall, Schädlingsbefall,… …
12befall — verb Befall is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑disaster, ↑fate, ↑misfortune, ↑tragedy …
13befall — be|fall [bıˈfo:l US ˈfo:l] v past tense befell [ ˈfel] past participle befallen [ ˈfo:lən US ˈfo: ] [T] literary if something unpleasant or dangerous befalls you, it happens to you ▪ We prayed that no harm should befall them …
14befall — verb past tense befell past participle befallen, (T) formal if something unpleasant or dangerous befalls you it happens to you: We prayed that no harm should befall them …
15befall — [c]/bəˈfɔl / (say buh fawl), /bi / (say bee ) verb (befell, befallen, befalling) –verb (i) 1. to happen or occur. –verb (t) 2. to happen to. –phrase 3. befall to, Archaic to come to as by right. {Middle English befallen, Old English befeallan} …
16befall — verb (befell; befallen) Date: 13th century intransitive verb to happen especially as if by fate transitive verb to happen to < the fate that befell them > …
17befall — /bi fawl /, v., befell, befallen, befalling. v.i. 1. to happen or occur. 2. Archaic. to come, as by right. v.t. 3. to happen to, esp. by chance or fate. [bef. 900; ME befallen, OE befeallan. See BE , FALL (v.)] Syn. 1. bechance, ensue, betide,… …
18befall — verb /bɪˈfɔːl,bɪˈfɑl/ a) To happen. Temptation befell me. b) To happen to …
19befall — Synonyms and related words: be found, be met with, be realized, bechance, betide, break, chance, come, come about, come along, come down, come off, come to pass, come true, develop, eventuate, fall, fall out, go, go off, hap, happen, happen along …
20Befall — Be·fạll der; (e)s; nur Sg; der Zustand besonders einer Pflanze, wenn sie Schädlinge, Krankheiten usw hat || K: Pilzbefall, Schädlingsbefall, Virusbefall …
