Definition of "befallen" []

• Past participle of befall (verb)

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• "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."