Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bechance
Participle: bechanced
Gerund: bechancing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bechance |
| you | bechance |
| he;she;it | bechances |
| we | bechance |
| you | bechance |
| they | bechance |
Perfect
| I | have bechanced |
| you | have bechanced |
| he;she;it | has bechanced |
| we | have bechanced |
| you | have bechanced |
| they | have bechanced |
Past
| I | bechanced |
| you | bechanced |
| he;she;it | bechanced |
| we | bechanced |
| you | bechanced |
| they | bechanced |
Pluperfect
| I | had bechanced |
| you | had bechanced |
| he;she;it | had bechanced |
| we | had bechanced |
| you | had bechanced |
| they | had bechanced |
Future
| I | will bechance |
| you | will bechance |
| he;she;it | will bechance |
| we | will bechance |
| you | will bechance |
| they | will bechance |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bechanced |
| you | will have bechanced |
| he;she;it | will have bechanced |
| we | will have bechanced |
| you | will have bechanced |
| they | will have bechanced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bechance |
| you | bechance |
| he;she;it | bechance |
| we | bechance |
| you | bechance |
| they | bechance |
Perfect
| I | have bechanced |
| you | have bechanced |
| he;she;it | have bechanced |
| we | have bechanced |
| you | have bechanced |
| they | have bechanced |
Imperfect
| I | bechanced |
| you | bechanced |
| he;she;it | bechanced |
| we | bechanced |
| you | bechanced |
| they | bechanced |
Pluperfect
| I | had bechanced |
| you | had bechanced |
| he;she;it | had bechanced |
| we | had bechanced |
| you | had bechanced |
| they | had bechanced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bechance |
| you | would bechance |
| he;she;it | would bechance |
| we | would bechance |
| you | would bechance |
| they | would bechance |
Perfect
| I | would have bechanced |
| you | would have bechanced |
| he;she;it | would have bechanced |
| we | would have bechanced |
| you | would have bechanced |
| they | would have bechanced |
Imperative
| you | bechance |
| we | Let's bechance |
| you | bechance |
Verbs conjugated like 'bechance'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bechance'
bedance,
chance,
enhance,
rechange,
balance,
becare,
becatch,
bechalk,
becharm,
bechat,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to exist; to be a reality
- befall, belimp, betide, betime, chance, come about, come to pass, crop up, evene, eventuate, go on, hap, happen, hold, occur, pass, take place, transpire
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider.
5. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi
6. Proto-Germanic *bider.
7. Proto-Germanic *bi-
8. Proto-West Germanic *bi-
9. Old English be-
10. Middle English bi-
11. English be-
12. English chance
13. English bechance
14. From be- + chance.
Sample Sentences
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Disturb his hours of rest with restless trances, / Afflict him in his bed with bedrid groans; / Let there bechance him pitiful mischances, / To make him moan; but pity not his moans: / Stone him with harden'd hearts, harder than stones [1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:]