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Definition of "befalling" [befalling]
- A happening; occurrence; chance; event. (noun)
- Present participle of befall. (verb)
- Appertaining; appropriate; fitting. (adjective)
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Use "befalling" in a sentence
- "For all the symptoms which I describe as befalling to this man I refer to want of food."
- "As for a new monetary system, I was estimating that the $ would be replaced with the Amero around 2012-2015, but with the current dilemma befalling the USA I can see where it could be here as early as late 2009-2010."
- "I don't know of any Paris Hilton-like scandals "befalling" her."