Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bechance \Be*chance"\, adv. [Pref. be- for by + chance.]
   By chance; by accident. [Obs.] --Grafton.

Bechance \Be*chance"\, v. t. & i.
   To befall; to chance; to happen to.

         God knows what hath bechanced them.      --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

bechance
     v 1: become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall
          her"; "What has become of my children?" [syn: {befall},
          {betide}]
     2: happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by
        chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These
        things befell" (Santayana) [syn: {happen}, {befall}]