Happen

v. i.	1.	To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out. [imp. & p. p. Happened (-p'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Happening.] There shall no evil happen to the just. - Prov. xii. 21.
	2.	To take place; to occur. All these things which had happened. - Luke xxiv. 14. To happen on to meet with; to fall or light upon. To happen in to make a casual call. - Graunt.

Verb	1.	happen - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" Synonyms: come about, hap, occur, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass
	2.	happen - happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana) Synonyms: bechance, befall
	3.	happen - chance to be or do something, without intention or causation; "I happen to have just what you need!"
	4.	happen - come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized" Synonyms: materialise, materialize
	5.	happen - come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day" Synonyms: find, encounter, bump, chance

be found, be met with, be realized, become of, befall, break, bump, come, come about, come along, come down, come off, come true, come upon, cook, develop, do, encounter, eventuate, fall, fall out, find, give, go, go off, go on, hap, happen along, happen by chance, hazard, hit, light, luck, materialize, meet, meet with, pass, pass off, pop up, prove, rise, stumble, stumble on, stumble upon, tumble, turn out, turn up

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