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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : hap
Phonetic Transcription : hæp



Definition of hap

Origin :
  • c.1200, "chance, a person's luck, fortune, fate;" also "unforeseen occurrence," from Old Norse happ "chance, good luck," from Proto-Germanic *khapan (source of Old English gehæp "convenient, fit"), from PIE *kob- "to suit, fit, succeed" (cf. Old Church Slavonic kobu "fate, foreboding, omen," Old Irish cob "victory"). Meaning "good fortune" is from early 13c.
  • noun chance
  • verb come
Example sentences :
  • "Hap yourself well," he had said when they crossed the gangway on to the boat.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Uncle Jack often calls them Hap and Hazard, and that is the only difference between them.
  • Extract from : « Five Mice in a Mouse-trap » by Laura E. Richards
  • They “got by” with it until the matter came to Hap's notice.
  • Extract from : « Working With the Working Woman » by Cornelia Stratton Parker
  • But on Hap's shoulders rests the output for our entire department.
  • Extract from : « Working With the Working Woman » by Cornelia Stratton Parker
  • It was the only time even Hap so much as paid the least attention to what went on.
  • Extract from : « Working With the Working Woman » by Cornelia Stratton Parker
  • He is always resolved at first thinking, and the ground he goes upon is, hap what may.
  • Extract from : « Microcosmography » by John Earle
  • Just as he said this, what should hap At the chamber door but a gentle tap?
  • Extract from : « The Book of Humorous Verse » by Various
  • “Well nigh all such as could hap, Madam,” said Le Despenser wearily.
  • Extract from : « The White Rose of Langley » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • Now then, Agnes Love, cast that over you, and hap it close to keep you warm.
  • Extract from : « The King's Daughters » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • I never know what that signifieth: and I have seen it to hap aforetime.
  • Extract from : « Joyce Morrell's Harvest » by Emily Sarah Holt

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