Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

behappen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-hap-pen
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To happen to, to befall.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

adv

Perhaps, mayhap.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

""But why have ye," said Artegall, "forborne Your owne good shield in daungerous dismay? That is the greatest shame and foulest scorne, Which unto any knight behappen may. To loose the badge that should his deedes display.""
"And where now might Timothy Tipkin sifflicate that it may behappen to be for to come from? Pummel thy pumkin, and a tell me that, Peter Grievous. Where, but out of my pouche, Gaby? That is, I first havin and holdin the wherewithalls, and the whys, and the wherefores. Do you take me now? So that forsooth, some folks may behappen to cry peccavi."
"Behappen it ul rain."

Etymology

From Middle English behappenen, equivalent to be- + happen, analogous to befall.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be
Root: behappenen

Usage

Inflected Forms

behappens (present, singular) behappening (participle, present) behappened (participle, past) behappened (past)

Rhymes With

happen verstappen tappen mishappen mayhappen unhappen

Questions

What does behappen mean?: To happen to, to befall.
Where does behappen come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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