1. Occur or be the case in the course of events or by chance
   "What bechanced that fateful night?";
   - happen, befall
    
2. Become of; happen to
   "Whatever bechanced the missing explorers?";
   - befall, betide [literary]

Derived forms: bechanced, bechances, bechancing

Type of: come about, fall out, go on, hap [archaic], happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place