happen

happen [-ed, -ing, -s] v

see haply, adv.

  1. Arrive; come; travel; pass coincidentally; [fig.] encounter by chance while in route.
  2. Phrase. “happen on”: effect; impress; move; strike; stir the feelings of; touch the emotions of.
  3. Phrase. “happen to”: befall; take place; occur unexpectedly.