Hăp'pen, v. i.

(hăp/pn), v. i. [imp. & p. p. HAPPENED; p. pr. & vb. n. HAPPENING.] [Eng. hap; W. hapiaw, hapio.] 1. To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out. There shall no evil happen to the just. Prov. xii. 21. 2. To take place; to occur. They talked together of all these things which had happened. Luke xxiv. 14. To happen on, to meet with; to fall or light upon. “I have happened on some other accounts relating to mortalities.” Graunt.