To happen to; to befall.
'By my soul! I believe something bad has happened me,' he muttered, and popped up his window, and looked out, half dreaming over the church-yard on the park beyond […]
To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly.
Take an umbrella in case it happens to rain.
maybe, perhaps.
Yeah, well happen if he'd gone quietly, she wouldn't have needed to show him who's in charge.
From Middle English happenen, hapnen, augmented from Middle English happen (“to come to pass, happen”), perhaps from Old English hæppan (“to move accidentally, slip”) and/or from Old Norse *happa, *he...
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