Meaning

1 senses
  1. (humorous, literary, not comparable)Perhaps.

    You wouldn't, perchance, have a bottle opener on you, would you?

More definitions
  • through chance
  • by chance

Examples

1 sentences
  1. A blind man may perchance hit the mark.

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Translations

3 languages

Origin

From Middle English parchaunce, from Old French par cheance (“by chance”).

From Middle English parchaunce, from Old French par cheance (“by chance”).

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