perchance Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb through chance, "To sleep, perchance to dream.."
    by chance.
  2. adverb by chance
    perhaps; maybe; possibly; peradventure; mayhap.
    • perhaps she will call tomorrow
    • we may possibly run into them at the concert
    • it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time

WordNet

Per*chance" adverb
Etymology
F. par by (L. per) + chance. See Par, and Chance.
Definitions
  1. By chance; perhaps; peradventure.

Webster 1913