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.]