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   Hap (hăp), v. t. [OE. happen.] To clothe; to wrap.
   
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   The surgeon happed her up carefully. Dr. J. Brown.
   
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   Hap, n. [Cf. Hap to clothe.] A cloak or plaid. [O. Eng. & Scot.]
   
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   Hap, n. [Icel. happ unexpected good luck. √39.] That which happens or comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or taking place; chance; fortune; accident; casual event; fate; luck; lot.  Chaucer.
   
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   Whether art it was or heedless hap. Spenser.
   
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   Cursed be good haps, and cursed be they that build
   
   Their hopes on haps. Sir P. Sidney.
   
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   Loving goes by haps:
   
   Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. Shak.
   
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   Hap, v. i. [OE. happen. See Hap chance, and cf. Happen.] To happen; to befall; to chance.  Chaucer.
   
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   Sends word of all that haps in Tyre. Shak.
   
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