Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Befall \Be*fall"\, v. t. [imp. {Befell}; p. p. {Befallen}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Befalling}.] [AS. befeallan; pref. be- +
   feallan to fall.]
   To happen to.

         I beseech your grace that I may know The worst that may
         befall me.                               --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

befall
     v 1: become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall
          her"; "What has become of my children?" [syn: {bechance},
           {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}, {bechance}]
     [also: {befell}, {befallen}]

befallen
     See {befall}