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happeneth

happeneth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of happen.

Meaning of happen

Verb

happen (third-person singular simple present happens, present participle happening, simple past and past participle happened)

  1. (intransitive) To occur or take place.
    • Let me tell you how it happened.
    Synonyms:
    come to pass
  2. (archaic, transitive) 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 […]1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
  3. (impersonal, intransitive, with infinitive) To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly.
    • Take an umbrella in case it happens to rain.
  4. To encounter by chance.
    • Unexpectedly, in a nook close by the farmhouse, he happened upon a spot where the vintage had actually commenced.1860, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 30, in The Marble Faun
  5. (informal) To become popular or trendy.

See all 6 meanings of happen

Origin of happeneth

From happen + -eth.

Questions about happeneth

What is happeneth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Happeneth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of happen.

Words near happeneth in the dictionary

  1. happened on
  2. happened upon
  3. happener
  4. happeners
  5. happenest
  6. happeneth
  7. happenin'
  8. happening
  9. happening across
  10. happening along
  11. happening by

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