happing

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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