mayhap

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  1. adverb Perhaps; perchance.

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  • "You are a severe critic, friend I don't know, and I don't care, what sort o' cricket I am; but this I do know, that roses are as little wasted here as in your country--mayhap not so much. —  The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains
  • You know well enough that I can manage it; besides, you're a heavy buffalo, and more able to track than I Nay, lad," replied Bounce, shaking his head, "you'll only run the risk o' gettin' a wet skin--mayhap somethin' worse Now, that's too bad. —  The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains
  • Here and there a frog uttered its protest against, mayhap, the water it had discovered, or been born to; the locusts lustily prophesied a hot day. —  An Australian Lassie
  • What guarantee have we, Mister Gascoyne, or Mister Durward, that we shall not be seized and made to walk the plank, or perform some similarly fantastic feat--in which, mayhap, our feet will have less to do with the performance than our necks--when you get into power You have no guarantee whatever," returned Gascoyne, "except the word of a pirate You say truth," cried Ole, springing up and pacing the deck with unwonted energy, while a troubled and somewhat fierce expression settled on his usually good-humoured countenance. —  Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader
  • The people were either taking their goods for sale or going to make purchases-- mayhap to meet friends or kindred All night Laihova led his friends at a smart pace. —  The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar
 

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  1. From the phrase it may hap.

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  1. Also mayhaps; an ellipsis of it may hap. So also dial. *mayhappen, contr. mappen. Cf. maybe.
 

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/ˈmeɪhæp/
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