| Pronunciation: | | purud'ventshur
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[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" |
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PERADVENTURE is a 12 letter word that starts with P. |
| | Synonyms: | | maybe, perchance, perhaps, possibly |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\Per`ad*ven"ture\, n.
Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond
peradventure. --South.
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