Chance, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chanced p. pr. & vb. n. Chancing.] To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation. “Things that chance daily.”
If a bird's nest chance to be before thee. --Deut. xxii. 6.
I chanced on this letter. --Shak.
Note: Often used impersonally; as, how chances it?
How chance, thou art returned so soon? --Shak.