HAPPED

Verb

happed

simple past tense and past participle of hap

Adjective

happed (comparative more happed, superlative most happed)

(Scotland) Wrapped; covered; cloaked.

Source: Wiktionary


Happed, p. a. Etym: [From 1st Hap.]

Definition: Wrapped; covered; cloaked. [Scot.] All happed with flowers in the green wood were. Hogg.

HAP

Hap, v. t. Etym: [OE.happen.]

Definition: To clothe; to wrap. The surgeon happed her up carefully. Dr. J. Brown.

Hap, n. Etym: [Cf. Hap to clothe.]

Definition: A cloak or plaid. [O. Eng. & Scot.]

Hap, n. Etym: [Icel. happ unexpected good luck.

Definition: 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. Whether art it was or heedless hap. Spenser. Cursed be good haps, and cursed be they that build Their hopes on haps. Sir P. Sidney. Loving goes by haps: Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. Shak.

Hap, v. i. Etym: [OE. happen. See Hap chance, and cf. Happen.]

Definition: To happen; to befall; to chance. Chaucer. Sends word of all that haps in Tyre. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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