to hap

Examples

• All

• What greater bliss can hap to Gaveston than to live and be the favorite of a king?

  Edward II (1991)

• In the quiet of the night, unexpected joy may hap when you least expect it.

• Go thou with him, and when it is thy hap to find another that is like to thee, good Rapine, stab him!

  Titus (1999)

• Use your authority; if you cannot, give thanks you have liv'd so long, and make yourself ready in your cabin for the mischance of the hour, if it so hap.

  Prospero's Books (1991)

• Though she was nervous, she hoped something wonderful would hap during the event.

• He felt that it was his fate to hap upon a solution to the mystery.

Synonyms

H

to happen

vsto hap

∞ 1.0

To take place, often by chance and without planning

is the archaic form used in older writing

G

to go on

vsto hap

∞ 1.3

Happen or be taking place

is the older wording rarely used in normal speech

T

to take place

vsto hap

∞ 1.8

Happen, especially when something is planned or scheduled

is the older wording used in past language rather than modern usage

O

to occur

vsto hap

770 2.0

Happen without being planned or expected

is the archaic form rather than the modern neutral term

C

to come about

vsto hap

105 4.0

To happen, often by chance or without planning

is the older verb used in old texts not the modern phrase

Surface Forms

Etymology