hap \hap\, v. i. oe. happen. see hap chance, and cf.
   happen.
   to happen; to befall; to chance. --chaucer.
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         sends word of all that haps in tyre.     --shak.
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hap happen 

hap \hap\ ha^p, v. t. oe. happen.
   to clothe; to wrap.
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         the surgeon happed her up carefully.     --dr. j.
                                                  brown.
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hap \hap\, n. cf. hap to clothe.
   a cloak or plaid. o. eng.  scot.
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hap 

hap \hap\, n. icel. happ unexpected good luck. root39.
   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.
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         whether art it was or heedless hap.      --spenser.
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         cursed be good haps, and cursed be they that build
         their hopes on haps.                     --sir p.
                                                  sidney.
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         loving goes by haps:
         some cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. --shak.
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hap
     n : an accidental happening; "he recorded all the little haps
         and mishaps of his life"
     v : come to pass; "what is happening?"; "the meeting took place
         off without an incidence"; "nothing occurred that seemed
         important" syn: happen, go on, pass off, occur,
         pass, fall out, come about, take place
see also:
happen go on pass off occur pass fall out 
come about take place 

97 moby thesaurus words for "hap":
   accident, accidentality, actuarial calculation, adventitiousness,
   adventure, be found, be met with, be realized, bechance, befall,
   betide, break, bundle up, casualness, casualty, chance, chance hit,
   circumstance, come, come about, come along, come down, come off,
   come to pass, come true, contingency, contingent, destiny, develop,
   episode, event, eventuate, experience, fact, fall, fate, fluke,
   flukiness, fortuitousness, fortuity, fortune, freak accident,
   gamble, go, go off, good fortune, good luck, happen, happen along,
   happen by chance, happening, happenstance, happy chance, hazard,
   heedless hap, how they fall, incident, indeterminacy,
   indeterminateness, law of averages, long odds, long shot, lot,
   luck, lucky shot, matter of fact, moira, muffle, occasion, occur,
   occurrence, opportunity, particular, pass, pass off, phenomenon,
   pop up, portion, principle of indeterminacy, probability,
   problematicness, random sample, reality, risk, run of luck,
   serendipity, statistical probability, take place, the breaks,
   theory of probability, transpire, turn of events, turn up,
   uncertainty, uncertainty principle, whatever comes, wrap up

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hap. an old word which signifies to catch; as, "to hap the rent," to hap the 
deed poll." techn. dict. h.t.