Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Happen"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Happen \Hap"pen\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Happened}; 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.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
happen
v 1: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place
off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed
important" [syn: {hap}, {go on}, {pass off}, {occur}, {pass},
{come about}, {take place}]
2: happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by
chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These
things befell" (Santayana) [syn: {befall}, {bechance}]
3: chance to be or do something, without intention or
causation: "I happen to have just what you need!"
4: come into being; become reality; "Her dream really
materialized" [syn: {materialize}, {materialise}] [ant: {dematerialize},
{dematerialize}]
5: come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea
in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not
very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book
in the bookstore the other day" [syn: {find}, {chance}, {bump},
{encounter}]
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