2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Happen \Hap"pen\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Happened}; p. pr & vb
n. {Happening}.] [OE. happenen, hapnen. See {Hap} to happen.]
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.
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.'' --Graunt.
{To happen in}, to make a casual call [Colloq.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
happen
v 1: come to pass; occur: "What is happening?"; "The meeting took
place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that
seemed important" [syn: {hap}, {go on}, {pass off}, {occur},
{pass}, {come about}, {take place}]
2: happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by
chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These
things befell" Santayana [syn: {befall}, {bechance}]
3: chance to be or do something without intention or
causation: "I happen to have just what you need!"
4: come into being become reality; "Her dream really
materialized" [syn: {materialize}] [ant: {dematerialize}]
5: come upon as if by accident; meet with "We find this idea
in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not
very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book
in the bookstore the other day" [syn: {find}, {chance}, {hit},
{bump}, {encounter}]
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