"perchance" meaning in All languages combined

See perchance on Wiktionary

Adverb [英语]

IPA: /pɜː(ɹ)ˈtʃɑːns/
Etymology: 源自中古英語 parchaunce,源自古法語 par cheance (“碰巧”)。
  1. 可能,也许,或许
    Sense id: zh-perchance-en-adv-OI8A~TE~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: by any chance, maybe, peradventure, perhaps, possibly, mayhap

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  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "ref": "1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXVII:",
          "text": "A great black bird, Apollyon's bosom-friend, / Sailed past, nor beat his wide wing dragon-penned / That brushed my cap—perchance the guide I sought."
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    {
      "word": "perhaps"
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    {
      "word": "possibly"
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          "ref": "1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXVII:",
          "text": "A great black bird, Apollyon's bosom-friend, / Sailed past, nor beat his wide wing dragon-penned / That brushed my cap—perchance the guide I sought."
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