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Definition of "befallen" []
- Past participle of befall (verb)
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Use "befallen" in a sentence
- "Some day men will read again; and then, if no accident has befallen my cave, they will know that Professor James Howard Smith once lived and saved for them the knowledge of the ancients."
- "IT WAS NOT until Ernest and I were back in New York, and after weeks had elapsed, that we were able to comprehend thoroughly the full sweep of the disaster that had befallen the Cause."
- "When other Tibetans lamented the terrible loss that has befallen Tibet, she simply stood up and walked away."