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behappen

verb

Etymology

From Middle English behappenen, equivalent to be- + happen, analogous to befall.

  1. inherited from behappenen

Definitions

  1. 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."

  2. Perhaps, mayhap.

    • Behappen it ul rain.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA