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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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