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Webster 1913 Edition
Happen
Hap′pen
(hăp′p’n)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Happened
(-p’nd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Happening
.] 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.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Happen
HAP'PEN
,Verb.
I.
1.
To come by chance; to come without one's previous expectation; to fall out. There shall no evil happen to the just. Prov.12.
2.
To come; to befall. They talked together of all those things which had happened. Luke 24.
3.
To light; to fall or come unexpectedly. I have happened on some other accounts relating to mortalities.