PERADVENTURE


Meaning of PERADVENTURE in English

I. |pər., |per+ adverb

Etymology: Middle English per aventure, from Old French per aventure, par aventure, from per, par by (from Latin per through, by) + aventure chance — more at for , adventure

archaic : perhaps , possibly

peradventure I will with you to the court — Shakespeare

it may peradventure be thought there was never such a time — Thomas Hobbes

II. noun

1. : a possibility of error or uncertainty : doubt , chance

the foregoing facts establish beyond peradventure the conclusion — E.H.Wilkins

put federal credit beyond peradventure of a doubt — B.M.Baruch

2. : an opinion based on guesswork : surmise

beyond the reach of peradventure — H.J.Laski

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.