Found 2 items, similar to hap.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hap
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hap
Hap
\Hap\ (h[a^]p), v. t. [OE. happen.]
To clothe; to wrap.
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The surgeon happed her up carefully. --Dr. J.
Brown.
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Hap
\Hap\, n. [Cf.
Hap to clothe.]
A cloak or plaid. [O. Eng. & Scot.]
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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.
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Whether art it was or heedless hap. --Spenser.
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Cursed be good haps, and cursed be they that build
Their hopes on haps. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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Loving goes by haps:
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. --Shak.
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Hap
\Hap\, v. i. [OE. happen. See
Hap chance, and cf.
Happen.]
To happen; to befall; to chance. --Chaucer.
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Sends word of all that haps in Tyre. --Shak.
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