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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
hap
I

 \\ˈhap\\ noun
 ETYMOLOGY  Middle English, from Old Norse happ good luck; akin to Old English gehæp suitable, Old Church Slavic kobĭ lot, fate
 DATE  13th century
1. 
happening
 1
2. 
chance
, 
fortune

II
intransitive verb 
(happed ; hap·ping)
 DATE  14th century
: 
happen

III
transitive verb 
(happed ; hap·ping)
 ETYMOLOGY  Middle English happen
 DATE  14th century
dialect : 
clothe
, 
cover

IV
noun
 DATE  1724
dialect : something (as a bed quilt or cloak) that serves as a covering or wrap
English Etymology
hap
  c.1200, "chance, luck," from O.N. happ "chance, good luck," from P.Gmc. *khapan (source of O.E. gehæp "convenient, fit"). Meaning "good fortune" is from early 13c.
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition
v. Function: noun 

Synonyms: 
ACCIDENT
 1, chance, fortuity, luck 
Related Words: destiny, fate, lot, portion
v. 
Function: verb 

Synonyms: 
HAPPEN
 1, befall, betide, break, chance, come off, develop, go, occur, transpire
v. 
Function: verb 

Synonyms: 
BUNDLE UP
, muffle, wrap (up)
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
hap
I. \ˈhap\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English hap, happe, from Old Norse happ good luck; akin to Old English gehæp suitable, Swedish dialect happa (sig) to take place, Norwegian heppa to take place, Old Irish cob victory, Old Slavic kobĭ augury
1. : something that happens or befalls without plan, apparent cause, or predictability
 < odd little haps and mishaps of domestic life >
2. : a force which shapes events unpredictably : 
chance
, 
luck
, 
fortune
 < by some bad tide or hap … the ill-made catamaran was overset — Herman Melville >
 < the fish of evil hap … had been caught and frozen fast — Llewelyn Powys >
Synonyms: see 
chance
II. intransitive verb
(happed ; happed ; happing ; haps)
Etymology: Middle English happen, from hap, happe, n.
1. : to have the fortune : 
happen
, 
chance
 < what's to be done, if a man haps to go wrong >
 < if hap it must, that I must see thee lie — Robert Herrick †1674 >
2. : to come by chance : 
light
 — used with on or upon
 < happed upon the very book he was looking for >
III. transitive verb
(happed ; happed ; happing ; haps)
Etymology: Middle English happen
dialect : to wrap up for warmth : 
clothe
, 
cover
 < at the kitchen fire, happed in an old overcoat — Michael Murphy >
IV. noun
(-s)
dialect : something that serves as a covering or wrap (as a bed quilt or cloak)

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