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