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Noun: peradventure  pu-rud'ven-chu(r)
Usage: archaic
  1. Doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case
    "this proves beyond peradventure that he is innocent"
Adverb: peradventure  pu-rud'ven-chu(r)
Usage: archaic
  1. By chance
    "it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time"
    - possibly, perchance, perhaps, maybe, mayhap [archaic]

Derived forms: peradventures

Type of: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty

Encyclopedia: Peradventure

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