Hyphenation of befall

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word befall? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

be-fall

Definitions of befall:

1.	Become of Happen to He promised that no harm would befall her What has become of my children?
2.	Happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance It happens that today is my birthday These things befell (Santayana)

Synonyms of befall:

verb	bechance, betide, happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
verb	happen, bechance, happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.