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.” Robynson (More's Utopia).
If a bird's nest chance to be before thee.
Deut. xxii. 6.
I chanced on this letter.
Shak.
Often used impersonally; as, how chances it?
How chance, thou art returned so soon?
Shak.