perchance
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adverb
1.
Literary. perhaps; maybe; possibly.
2.
Archaic. by chance.
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| —adv | |
| 1. | perhaps; possibly |
| 2. | by chance; accidentally |
| [C14: from Anglo-French par chance; see | |
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Perchance
is always a great word to know.
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Word Origin & History
perchance
mid-14c., parchaunce, from O.Fr. par cheance, lit. "by chance." With L. per substituted c.1400 for Fr. cognate par.
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Example sentences
For seeing they bestow but six hours in work, perchance you may think that the lack of some necessary things hereof may ensue.
So even if you perchance would make a complete, absolutely true proposition, you couldn't know.
The same applies to the new comets and new stars that may perchance gleam down on us during the coming year.
She has a new and unattempted problem to solve, perchance that of the happiest nature that ever bloomed.
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