BEHAPPEN

Etymology

Verb

behappen (third-person singular simple present behappens, present participle behappening, simple past and past participle behappened)

(transitive, obsolete) To happen to, to befall.

Adverb

behappen (not comparable)

(dialect or obsolete) Perhaps, mayhap.

Source: Wiktionary


Be*hap"pen, v. t.

Definition: To happen to. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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