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behappens

behappens is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 behappens

What is behappens the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Behappens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of behappen.

Words near behappens in the dictionary

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

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