[hap.pen] vi hap.pened ; hap.pen.ing [ME, fr. hap] (14c) 1: to occur by chance--often used with it "it so ~s I'm going your way"
2: to come into being or occur as an event, process, or result "mistakes will ~" "what good things ~ed to you?"
3: to do, encounter, or attain something by or as if by chance "~ed to overhear the plotters"
4. a: to meet or discover something by chance "~ed upon a system that worked --Richard Corbin" b: to come or go casually: make a chance appearance "he ~ed into the room just then"
5: to come esp. by way of injury or harm "I promise nothing will ~ to you"