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]:
happening
adj : taking place "the parade is still happening"
n : an event that happens [syn: {occurrence}, {natural event}]
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