Peradventure
[pәrәd'ventʃә]
Definition
(noun.) doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case; 'this proves beyond peradventure that he is innocent'.
Typed by Cedric--From WordNet
Definition
(adv. & conj.) By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing.
(n.) Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond peradventure.
Checked by Irving
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. [Rare.] Perhaps, PERCHANCE, possibly.
Checker: Velma
Definition
adv. by adventure: by chance: perhaps.—n. uncertainty: question.
Inputed by Angela
Examples
- Yet read the scroll, said the Rabbi; peradventure it may be that we may yet find out a way of deliverance. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- This certainly, under ordinary conditions, would settle the matter beyond peradventure; for this witness is a very wise and learned man in these things, and very positive. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typist: Oliver