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hap (hap)

noun

  1. chance; luck; lot
  2. an occurrence or happening, esp. an unfortunate one: usually used in pl.

Etymology: ME < ON happ, akin to OE (ge)hæp, convenient, suitable < IE base *kob-, to be fitted to, suit > OIr cob, victory

intransitive verb happed, happing hap′·ping

to occur by chance; happen

Etymology: ME happen < the n. or < ? (rare) OE hæppan, to go by chance < same base

hap2 definition

hap (häp, hap)

transitive verb happed, happing hap′·ping

to cover, as with extra bedclothes

Etymology: ME happen < ?

noun

any covering

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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