HAPPING
Verb
happing
present participle of hap
Source: Wiktionary
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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