Peradventure
adv, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Chance, doubt or uncertainty.
"Covetousness cracks the sinews of faith; numbs the apprehension of any thing above sense; and only affected with the certainty of things present, makes a peradventure of things to come […]"
- 2 doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case wordnet
- 1 Perchance or maybe; perhaps; supposing. archaic, not-comparable
"For be God the Propheit was commandit to stand in the entress of the Lordis house, and to speik to all the cieties of Juda that come to wirschip in the house of the Lord; and was commandit to keip no word aback, gif peradventure, sayeth the Lord, thay will herkin and turne everie man frome his wickit way."
- 1 by chance wordnet
Example
More examples"Unless the God of my father, Abraham, and the fear of Isaac had stood by me, peradventure now thou hadst sent me away naked: God beheld my affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesterday."
Etymology
From Middle English peraventure, peradventure, from Old French par aventure. Spelling modified as though from Latin. Equivalent to per- + adventure.
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