happened

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Happen \Hap"pen\ (h[a^]p"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. [1913 Webster]

There shall no evil happen to the just.— Prov. xii. 21.[1913 Webster]

2.To take place; to occur. [1913 Webster]

All these things which had happened.— Luke xxiv. 14.[1913 Webster]

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.] [1913 Webster]

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