Part 5115

<blockquote>All <b>happed</b> with flowers in the green wood were. <i>Hogg.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Happen</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hap"pen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Happened</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Happening</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>happenen</ets>, <ets>hapnen</ets>. See <er>Hap</er> to happen.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.</def>

<blockquote>There shall no evil <b>happen</b> to the just. <i>Prov. xii. 21.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To take place; to occur.</def>

<blockquote>All these things which had <b>happened</b>. <i>Luke xxiv. 14.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To happen on</col>, <cd>to meet with; to fall or light upon. "I have <i>happened on<i> some other accounts." <i>Graunt</i>.</cd> -- <col>To happen in</col>, <cd>to make a casual call. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Happily</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hap"pi*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Happy</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>By chance; peradventure; haply.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Piers Plowman.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>By good fortune; fortunately; luckily.</def>

<blockquote>Preferred by conquest, <b>happily</b> o'erthrown. <i>Waller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>In a happy manner or state; in happy circumstances; <as>as, he lived <ex>happily</ex> with his wife</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>With address or dexterity; gracefully; felicitously; in a manner to success; with success.</def>

<blockquote>Formed by thy converse, <b>happily</b> to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Fortunately; luckily; successfully; prosperously; contentedly; dexterously; felicitously.</syn>

<h1>Happiness</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hap"pi*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Happy</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.</def>

<blockquote>All <b>happiness</b> bechance to thee in Milan! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from good fortune or propitious happening of any kind; the possession of those circumstances or that state of being which is attended enjoyment; the state of being happy; contentment; joyful satisfaction; felicity; blessedness.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; -- used especially of language.</def>

<blockquote>Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For there's a <b>happiness</b>, as well as care. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Happiness</er>, <er>Felicity</er>, <er>Blessedness</er>, <er>Bliss</er>.</syn> <usage> <i>Happiness</i> is generic, and is applied to almost every kind of enjoyment except that of the animal appetites; <i>felicity</i> is a more formal word, and is used more sparingly in the same general sense, but with elevated associations; <i>blessedness</i> is applied to the most refined enjoyment arising from the purest social, benevolent, and religious affections; <i>bliss</i> denotes still more exalted delight, and is applied more appropriately to the joy anticipated in heaven.</usage>

<blockquote>O <b>happiness</b>! our being's end and aim! <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Others in virtue place <b>felicity</b>, But virtue joined with riches and long life; In corporal pleasures he, and careless ease. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>His overthrow heaped <b>happiness</b> upon him; For then, and not till then, he felt himself, And found the <b>blessedness</b> of being little. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Happy</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hap"py</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Happier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Happiest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From <er>Hap</er> chance.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; <as>as, a <ex>happy</ex> expedient; a <ex>happy</ex> effort; a <ex>happy</ex> venture; a <ex>happy</ex> omen.</as></def>