Happened

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Happen \Hap"pen\ (h[a^]p"p'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Happened}
     (-p'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Happening}.] [OE. happenen, hapnen.
     See {Hap} to happen.]
     1. To come by chance; to come without previous expectation;
        to fall out.
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              There shall no evil happen to the just. --Prov. xii.
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     2. To take place; to occur.
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              All these things which had happened.  --Luke xxiv.
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     {To happen on}, to meet with; to fall or light upon. "I have
        happened on some other accounts." --Graunt.
  
     {To happen in}, to make a casual call. [Colloq.]
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