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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Happen \Hap"pen\ (h[a^]p"p'n), verb (used without an object) [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.]
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