fall to one's lot
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V. chance, hap, turn up; fall to one's lot; be one's -fate &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus by Roget, Peter Mark
VII, fall, fall down, fall to one’s lot, 32.4, 87. valsch, aj. false, deceitful. valsch, sm. fault, spot, impurity, deceit; valsches laȥ, free from deceit or falseness. valten, sv.
From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph
The accidentia are fortuitous, the evenientia result from foregoing acts or circumstances; the contingentia are the favors of Fortune; the obtingentia and obvenientia are the things that fall to one’s lot.
From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig
Such it is to have too much happiness fall to one's lot!
From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor
V. chance, hap, turn up; fall to one's lot; be one's fate &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
