Happen /(hăp"p'n)/

Hap·pen

Happen

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Happened; p. pr. & vb. n. Happening

  1. To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.
    There shall no evil happen to the just.
    — Prov. xii. 21.
  2. To take place; to occur.
    All these things which had happened.
    — Luke xxiv. 14.

Phrases & Compounds
To happen on
to meet with; to fall or light upon.
To happen in
to make a casual call.