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happed

/hæpt/

happed is the simple past and past participle of hap.

Meaning of hap

Verb (1)

hap (third-person singular simple present haps, present participle happing, simple past and past participle happed)

  1. (archaic, intransitive, literary) To happen; to befall; to chance.
    • "But laudably, since thus it happed!" quoth one: Whereat, more witness and the case postponed. "Thus it happed not, since thus he did the deed,....1868-9, Robert Browning, “The Ring and the Book”, in Edward Berdoe, editor, The poetical works of Robert Browning, published 1889, page 17
    Synonyms:
    come to pass, occur, transpire, bechance, befall, behap, belimp, betide, betime, beworth
  2. (archaic, literary, transitive) To happen to.
    • What meaneth June, to hap us every year.1891, Elizabeth Stoddard, “No Answer”, in Harper's magazine, page 55

Verb (2)

hap (third-person singular simple present haps, present participle happing, simple past and past participle happed)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) To wrap, clothe.
    • Bless thy pretty heart! The bairn’s sick. Come wi’ me, and I’ll hap thee up somewhere. If thou wert a bit cleaner I’d put thee in my own bed, for the Lord’s sake.1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby

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Adjective

happed (comparative more happed, superlative most happed)

  1. (Scotland) Wrapped; covered; cloaked.
    • All happed with flowers in the green wood were.1813, James Hogg, The Queen's Wake

Forms of happed

comparativemore happed
superlativemost happed

Words that rhyme with happed

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Questions about happed

What does happed mean?
Happed means wrapped; covered; cloaked.
What is happed the simple past and past participle of?
Happed is the simple past and past participle of hap.
What part of speech is happed?
Happed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce happed?
Happed is pronounced /hæpt/.

Words near happed in the dictionary

  1. hapneth
  2. HAPO
  3. hapoos mango
  4. Happ
  5. Happe
  6. happed
  7. Happel
  8. Happels
  9. happen
  10. happen across
  11. happen along

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