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perchance

[ per-chans, -chahns ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

perchance

/ pəˈtʃɑːns /

1300–50; Middle English, variant of par chance by chance < Anglo-French. See per, chance

C14: from Anglo-French par chance; see per , chance

The tourist climbing tna, or Vesuvius' rugged side, puffs on though they perchance have long since ceased to smoke.

He always carries it about with him, and if perchance he gets out he is truly miserable.

Via, says Rex, meaning the road; communis is common; omnibus to all, meaning thereby—but perchance I weary you?

Richard felt—but perchance he was wrong—a quiver run through the Moslem; only for an instant, if at all.

I gasped for breath while he replied, lest I should perchance have to hear of further misfortune.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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