Chancing

verb

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo happen by chance, to occur.

"It chanced that I found a solution the very next day."

2.verbTo befall; to happen to.

3.verbTo try or risk.

"Shall we carry the umbrella, or chance a rainstorm?"

4.verbTo discover something by chance.

"He chanced upon a kindly stranger who showed him the way."

5.verb(Belize) To rob, cheat or swindle someone.

"The car broke down a week after I bought it. I was chanced by that fast-talking salesman."

6.nounSomething that happens by chance.

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