Category:Peradventure

Per`ad*ven"ture, adv. & conj. Etym: [oe. per aventure, f. par Aventure. See per, and adventure.]

Defn: by chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing. "if peradventure He speak against me." Shak. Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city. Gen. xviii. 24.

Peradventure Per`ad*ven"ture, n.

Defn: chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond Peradventure. South.