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perchance adverb [ pəˈtʃɑːns ]

• by some chance; perhaps.
• "we dare not go ashore lest perchance we should fall into some snare"
Similar: by chance, by any chance, by some chance, as it may be, as it may happen, as things may turn out, maybe, perhaps, possibly, for all one knows, it could be (that), it is possible (that), conceivably, happen, peradventure, mayhap, haply, percase,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French par cheance ‘by chance’.


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