befall
/bɪˈfɔːl/verb
(past befell; past participle befallen)with obj.
- poetic/literary (especially of something bad) happen to (someone)〈诗/文〉（尤指不幸的事）发生在（某人）身上, 降临于：
a tragedy befell his daughter
他女儿遭遇了不幸
no obj. she was to blame for anything that befell.不管发生什么事, 她都应该承担责任。
词源
Old English befeallan 'to fall' (early use being chiefly figurative); related to German befallen.