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Definition of: peradventure
(pûr′əd·ven′chər) adverb
Perchance; it may be; perhaps; not improbably: often preceded by if or unless.
—noun Possibility of failure, miscarriage, or error; doubt; question. [<OF par aventure by chance; infl. in form by L adventura chance]
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