[
UK
/pˈɜːtʃɑːns/
]
[ US /pɝˈtʃæns/ ]
[ US /pɝˈtʃæns/ ]
ADVERB
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by chance
we may possibly run into them at the concert
it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time
perhaps she will call tomorrow -
through chance
To sleep, perchance to dream...
How To Use perchance In A Sentence
- Perchance I was speaking by telephone this afternoon to a building contractor who specialises in this type of work.
- To sleep: perchance to dream: aye, there's the rub.
- Thou mayst perchance have seen me also have a fancy to play at trap-ball, or to kiss a serving wench, or to guzzle ale and eat toasted cheese in a porterly whimsy; but is it fitting thou shouldst remember such follies? Peveril of the Peak
- From his arms thou shalt start with horror, as from those of thy wronged father's betrayer, -- perchance his deathsman! The Last of the Barons — Complete
- He heard Æsop say, dryly, "Some men of Italy are fools," and might perchance have flamed again, to his misluck, but that Staupitz, breathing thickly in his ear, whispered: "Idiot, he mocks a Mantuan. The Duke's Motto A Melodrama
- The parts are immediately covered with aseptic absorbent cotton and this dressing is left in position for forty-eight hours and if perchance there is evidence of synovial discharge, the parts are again aseptically dressed in order to prevent infection of the articulation. Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
- Prepare thy drawers perchance some foul thing slips, Or thundrous peals from out thy cornhole boom. 2007 May 02 « raincoaster
- Thou mayst perchance have seen me also have a fancy to play at trap - ball, or to kiss a serving wench, or to guzzle ale and eat toasted cheese in a porterly whimsy; but is it fitting thou shouldst remember such follies? Peveril of the Peak
- This characteristic, aided by the perspicacity which is bestowed upon every jealous woman, perchance enabled her to read the mysterious Sibyl with some approach to exactness. The Whirlpool
- One day perchance I shall tell you.