1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Chance \Chance\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Chanced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chancing}.] To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation. ''Things that chance daily.'' --Robynson (More's Utopia). If a bird's nest chance to be before thee. --Deut. xxii. 6. I chanced on this letter. --Shak. Note: Often used impersonally; as, how chances it? How chance, thou art returned so soon? --Shak.

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