peradventure

«peradventure» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: perhaps, maybe — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

perhaps, maybe

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

Perhaps; by chance; used when you are not sure. tree →

how it differs from today

Old-fashioned; today we say "perhaps" or "maybe", and "peradventure" is found only in old stories.

examples

• And I said unto my master: Peradventure the woman will not follow me. (Torah GEN.24.39, JPS 1917) tree →
• Whenever I go against the wind my eyes will water, and peradventure my head will burn, and I shall have a giddiness every new moon. (Celtic Fairy Tales) tree →
• Peradventure ten shall be found there.' And He said: 'I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.' (Torah GEN.18.32, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

peradventure

tests

manual 10.2; corpora 20 (Torah 18, tales 2, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 2.3 (Torah alone 42.0); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

In the corpora

• Peradventure ten shall be found there.' And He said: 'I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.'
• And I said unto my master: Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «peradventure» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.