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behappened

behappened is the simple past and past participle of behappen.

Meaning of behappen

Verb

behappen (third-person singular simple present behappens, present participle behappening, simple past and past participle behappened)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To happen to, to befall.
    • "But why have ye," said Artegall, "forborne
      Your owne good shield in daungerous dismay?
      That is the greatest shame and foulest scorne,
      Which unto any knight behappen may.
      To loose the badge that should his deedes display."1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene Book V LII

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Questions about behappened

What is behappened the simple past and past participle of?
Behappened is the simple past and past participle of behappen.

Words near behappened in the dictionary

  1. behangs
  2. Behans
  3. behap
  4. behapped
  5. behappen
  6. behappened
  7. behappening
  8. behappens
  9. behapping
  10. behaps
  11. Behar

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