Hap"pen (hăp"p'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Happened (-p'nd); 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.]
Hear it pronounced