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Definition of Peradventure
1. Noun. Doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case. "This proves beyond peradventure that he is innocent"
2. Adverb. By chance. "It may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time"
Definition of Peradventure
1. adv. & conj. By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing.
2. n. Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond peradventure.
Definition of Peradventure
1. Adverb. (archaic) perchance or maybe; perhaps ¹
2. Noun. chance, doubt or uncertainty ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Peradventure
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peradventure
Literary usage of Peradventure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... now of safe return, 570 Lest peradventure thou shouldst make thy way Back to
the hollow galleys driven in flight. Some God perchance will wake the men ..."
2. Publications (1853)
"Further, I beg that you will diligently instruct my beloved mother in all necessary
things; and also my brother and my wife, if peradventure she may repent. ..."
3. ... Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons by Adolphus Frederick Schauffler (1886)
"peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous : wilt thou ... And he
spake unto him yet again, and said, peradventure there shall be forty found ..."
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