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peradventure |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Peradventure \Per`ad*ven"ture\, adv & conj. [OE. per aventure, F. par aventure. See {Per}, and {Adventure}.] By chance; perhaps; it may be if supposing. ``If peradventure he speak against me.'' --Shak. Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city. --Gen. xviii. 24. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Peradventure \Per`ad*ven"ture\, n. Chance; hap; hence doubt; question; as proved beyond peradventure. --South. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: peradventure adv : by chance; "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time" [syn: {possibly}, {perchance}, {perhaps}, {maybe}]
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