Per`ad*ven"ture , n.
Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond peradventure. South.
Per`ad*ven"ture (?), adv. & conj. [OE.
per aventure, F. par aventure. See Per, and Adventure.]
By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing. "If peradventure he speak against me." Shak.
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city.
Gen. xviii. 24.
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