Hap v. t.  To clothe; to wrap.
     The surgeon happed her up carefully.   --Dr. J. Brown.
  Hap, n.  A cloak or plaid. [O. Eng. & Scot.]
  Hap, n.  That which happens or comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or taking place; chance; fortune; accident; casual event; fate; luck; lot.
     Whether art it was or heedless hap.   --Spenser.
  Cursed be good haps, and cursed be they that build
  Their hopes on haps.   --Sir P. Sidney.
  Loving goes by haps:
  Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.   --Shak.
  Hap, v. i.  To happen; to befall; to chance.
     Sends word of all that haps in Tyre.   --Shak.
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  hap
       n : an accidental happening; "he recorded all the little haps
           and mishaps of his life"
       v : come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place
           off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed
           important" [syn: happen, go on, pass off, occur,
           pass, fall out, come about, take place]