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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/peradventure/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/peradventure/#x1)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/peradventure/#x2)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/peradventure/#x3)

### 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.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.477/)
- [And I said unto my master: Peradventure the woman will not follow me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.660/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «peradventure» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/peradventure/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.