"And the boy / Ascanius – lives he, or what hap befalls / his parents' darling, and their only joy? / Breathes he the vital air, whom unto thee now Troy..."
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Hap
/hæp/
Synonyms for "hap" (118 found)
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Noun(4 words)
accidentaccidentalityactuarial calculationadventitiousnessadventurebe foundbe met withbe realizedbechancebefallbetidebreakbreaksbundle upcasualnesscasualtychancechance hitcircumstancecome
Strong matches (35)
come aboutcome alongcome downcome offcome to passcome truecontingencycontingentdestinydevelopepisodeeventeventuateexperiencefactfallfateflip of a coinflukeflukiness
Verb(3 words)
come aboutfall outgo on
Noun(1 words)
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Noun(4 words)
happen alonghappen by chancehappeninghappenstancehappy chancehazardheedless haphow they fallincidentindeterminacyindeterminatenessjeopardylaw of averageslong oddslong shotlotlucklucky shotmatter of factmoira
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muffleoccasionoccuroccurrenceopportunityparticularpasspass offphenomenonpop upportionprinciple of indeterminacyprobabilityproblematicnessrandom samplerealityriskrun of luckserendipitystatistical probabilitytake placethe breakstheory of probabilitytranspireturn of eventsturn upuncertaintyuncertainty principlewhatever comeswrap up
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15 total sentences available.
Cursed be good haps, and cursed be they that build / Their hopes on haps, and do not make despair / For all these certain blows the surest shield.
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And whether art it were, or heedless hap, / As through the flowring forest rash she fled, / In her rude hairs sweet flowres themselves did lap / And flourishing fresh leaves and blossoms did enwrap.
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Each day ſtill better others happineſſe, Vntill the heauens enuying earths good hap, Adde an immortall title to your Crowne.
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