Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as peraunter for peradventure.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb obsolete Peradventure. See paraventure.

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  • adverb obsolete peradventure

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Examples

  • From the middle, as to say [paraunter for parauenture] [poorety for pouertie] [souraigne for soueraigne] [tane for taken.] From the end, as to say [morne for morning] [bet for better] and such like.

    The Arte of English Poesie 1569

  • From the middle, as to say [_paraunter_ for _parauenture_] [_poorety_ for

    The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham

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