Initialism of bovine ephemeral fever.

(military, UK) Initialism of British Expeditionary Force.

(transitive) To fall upon; fall all over; overtake / (intransitive) To happen. / (transitive) To happen to. / (intransitive, obsolete) To fall.

Case; instance; circumstance; event; incident; accident.

simple past tense of befall

past participle of befall

Earlier than (in time). / In front of in space. / In the presence of. / Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone). / In store for, in the future of (someone).

At an earlier time. / In advance. / At the front end.

In advance of the time when. / (informal) Rather or sooner than.

(idiomatic) To give things of value to those who will not understand or appreciate them.