Be*fall" (?), v. t. [imp.
Befell (?); p. p. Befallen (?);
p. pr. & vb. n. Befalling.] [AS. befeallan;
pref. be- + feallan to fall.] To happen to.
I beseech your grace that I may know
The worst that may befall me.
Shak.
Be*fall", v. i. To come to pass; to
happen.
I have revealed . . . the discord which befell.
Milton.