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peradventure

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per⋅ad⋅ven⋅ture

  [pur-uhd-ven-cher, per-]
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–noun
1. chance, doubt, or uncertainty.
2. surmise.
–adverb
3. Archaic. it may be; maybe; possibly; perhaps.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME per aventure < OF. See per, adventure
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per·ad·ven·ture   (pûr'əd-věn'chər, pěr'-)   
adv.   Archaic
Perhaps; perchance.
n.  Chance or uncertainty; doubt.

[Middle English per aventure, from Old French, by chance : per, through (from Latin; see per) + aventure, chance; see adventure.]
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Word Origin & History

peradventure 
1627, from M.E. peraventure (c.1450), from per auenture (c.1290), from O.Fr. par aventure (see adventure). Refashioned as though from Latin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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