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hap

[ hap ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

one's luck or lot.
an occurrence, happening, or accident.

verb (used without object)

happed, happing.

to happen:
if it so hap.

hap

[ hap, ap ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a comforter or quilt.

verb (used with object)

to cover with or as with a comforter or quilt.

Hap

[ hahp, khahp ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Egyptian Religion.

Apis ( def ).

hap

/ ��æ�� /

noun

luck; chance
an occurrence

verb

intr an archaic word for happen

hap

/ ��æ�� /

verb

to cover up; wrap up warmly

noun

a covering of any kind

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of hap¹

First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English, from Old Norse happ “luck, chance”; akin to Old English ge��æ�� “fit, convenient”; probably akin to Old Church Slavonic ��ǲ�ŭ “a�ܲ��辱��,” Old Irish cob “v��ٴǰ��”

Origin of hap²

1350–1400; Middle English happen to cover; perhaps blend of lappen lap ² and Old French happer to seize

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of hap¹

C13: from Old Norse happ good luck; related to Old English ge��æ��lic convenient, Old Slavonic ��ǲ�ǔ fate

Origin of hap²

C14: perhaps of Norse origin

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Riley responded, "What hap— What do you mean?"

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Local clan leader Mohamed Abdirahman described the attack as horrible, adding that such an atrocity had never happed in the region before.

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Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Zelenskiy's chief of staff, said this week the president had chosen Feb. 16 as the patriotic holiday partly ironically, in response to media reports an invasion could happed on Wednesday.

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“Who brought him home, I wonder, to hap him here? Murdered off the coast of Andres! an’ you consated his body lay under!

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Much of what happed during Mr. Trump’s meeting with Mr. Putin at a Group of 20 summit in Japan in 2019 isn’t known.

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