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Examples of perchance in a Sentence
“To sleep: perchance to dream…”
—Shakespeare, Hamlet
perchance he is playing the devil's advocate, and the opinions he has expressed are not actually his own
Recent Examples on the Web
Because any driver worth their salt would figure this out and likely after perchance one time falling into this bit of a roadway trap, would avoid going that way entirely.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2021
Ah, to sleep, perchance … to shrink your neural connections?
—Christopher Wanjek, Scientific American, 3 Feb. 2017
To sleep, perchance to dream of a giant plate of nachos.
—Gray Chapman, SELF, 27 Mar. 2019
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English parchaunce, from Anglo-French par chance, by chance
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of perchance was
in the 14th century
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“Perchance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perchance. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
perchance
adverb
per·chance
pər-ˈchan(t)s
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