v. i. [ OE. happen. See Hap chance, and cf. Happen. ] To happen; to befall; to chance. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sends word of all that haps in Tyre. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Icel. happ unexpected good luck. √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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Whether art it was or heedless hap. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cursed be good haps, and cursed be they that build
Their hopes on haps. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
Loving goes by haps:
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ OE. happen. ] To clothe; to wrap. [ 1913 Webster ]
The surgeon happed her up carefully. Dr. J. Brown. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Hap to clothe. ] A cloak or plaid. [ O. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Hap + hazard. ] Extra hazard; chance; accident; random. [ 1913 Webster ]
We take our principles at haphazard, upon trust. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Determined by chance, whimsy, or guesswork; unplanned; aimless; random; -- used mostly of human actions. [ PJC ]
‖n.;
a. Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy;
adv. In a hapless, unlucky manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ NL., fr. Gr.