v.
   - take place; occur.
 - come about by chance. 
▸chance to do something or come about.
 ▸
(happen on)
 come across by chance.
 ▸used as a polite formula in questions:
 do you happen to know who her doctor is?
 - 
(happen to)
 be experienced by; befall. 
▸become of.
 
adv.
 N. English perhaps; maybe.
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - as it happens
 actually; as a matter of fact. 
    
   
  Etymology
  ME (superseding the verb hap): from the noun hap + -en1.