Hapned

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of happened. alt-of, obsolete

    "And if any man hapned, by longe sittynge, to slepe, or, by any other countenance, to shewe him selfe to be weary, he was sodaynly bobbed on the face by the seruantes of Nero, […]"

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"And if any man hapned, by longe sittynge, to slepe, or, by any other countenance, to shewe him selfe to be weary, he was sodaynly bobbed on the face by the seruantes of Nero, […]"

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