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hap

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hap \Hap\, v. t. [OE. happen.]
   To clothe; to wrap.

         The surgeon happed her up carefully.     --Dr. J.
                                                  Brown.

Hap \Hap\, n. [Cf. {Hap} to clothe.]
   A cloak or plaid. [O. Eng. & Scot.]

Hap \Hap\, n. [Icel. happ unexpected good luck. [root]39.]
   That which happens or comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also,
   the manner of occurrence or taking place; chance; fortune;
   accident; casual event; fate; luck; lot. --Chaucer.

         Whether art it was or heedless hap.      --Spenser.

         Cursed be good haps, and cursed be they that build
         Their hopes on haps.                     --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.

         Loving goes by haps: Some Cupid kills with arrows, some
         with traps.                              --Shak.

Hap \Hap\, v. i. [OE. happen. See {Hap} chance, and cf.
   {Happen}.]
   To happen; to befall; to chance. --Chaucer.

         Sends word of all that haps in Tyre.     --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

hap
     n : an accidental happening; "he recorded all the little haps
         and mishaps of his life"

hap
     v : come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place
         off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed
         important" [syn: {happen}, {go on}, {pass off}, {occur},
         {pass}, {fall out}, {come about}, {take place}]
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