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perchance
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
perchance
(adverb)
perchance
/pɚ
ˈ
tʃæns/
Brit
/pə
ˈ
tʃɑːns/
adverb
perchance
/pɚ
ˈ
tʃæns/
Brit
/pə
ˈ
tʃɑːns/
adverb
Britannica Dictionary definition of PERCHANCE
old-fashioned + literary
:
maybe but not definitely
:
perhaps
“To sleep:
perchance
to dream…”
Shakespeare,
Hamlet
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