Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A Middle English form of peradventure.

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Examples

  • For zif that I devysed zou alle that is bezonde the see, another man peraunter, that wolde peynen him and travaylle his body for to go in to tho marches, for to encerche tho contrees, myghten ben blamed be my wordes, in rehercynge many straunge thynges.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • For zif that I devysed zou alle that is bezonde the see, another man peraunter, that wolde peynen him and travaylle his body for to go in to tho marches, for to encerche tho contrees, myghten ben blamed be my wordes, in rehercynge many straunge thynges.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

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