| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| peradventure |
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| SYLLABICATION: | per·ad·ven·ture |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  pûr  d-v n chr, pr- |
| ADVERB: | Archaic Perhaps; perchance. | | NOUN: | Chance or uncertainty; doubt. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English per aventure, from Old French, by chance : per, through (from Latin; see per) + aventure, chance; see adventure.
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