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behappening

behappening is the present participle and gerund 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 behappening

What is behappening the present participle and gerund of?
Behappening is the present participle and gerund of behappen.

Words near behappening in the dictionary

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

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