Hap

hap, n. That' which happens or conies suddenly or unexpectedly; chance; fortune; accident; event; fate; lot. — v. i. [happed (hapt), -ping.] happen, befall, come by chance. — Haply, -IT, By hap, chance, or accident; perhaps.— Haple , Without hap or luck; unfortunate; unhappy. Hap'-haz'ard, n. Extra hazard; chance; accident. — Hap'pen, -pn, v. i. [-pened (-pnd), -pening.] come by chance, fall out; to take place, occur. Hap'py, -pi, a. [-pier, -piest.] Favored by usually luck, or fortune; succe ful; enjoying good; dea lighted; satisfied; secure of good;prosperous;ble ed; furnishing enjoyment; propitious; favorable.— Hap'- -ful, pily, -pl-ll, adr. By good fortune; in a happy mana ner, state, or circumstances; with addre or dexterity; luckily; succe fully; felicitously; gracefully. — to Hara-kir i, Hap'pines's, ha'ra-ke'rl, -/). n. A Japanese method of sui written cide by cutting open the stomach. [Incorrectly race in Harangue, written hari-kari.'] ha-rang', n. A speech addre ed to a public a embly: a popular oration; declamation; rant of ing.— v. i. [harangued (-rangd"), -kanguing.] To addre a large a embty. — v. t. To addre by a harangue. inwith a Hara , har'as,?.-. t. [-a ed (-ast), -a ing.] To fatigue to exce ; to weary with importunity, care, or perplexity; to annoy an enemy by repeated and uni looked-for attacks; to weary, jade, tease, vex, disturb. n. hank/'- Harbinger, har/rbin-jer, n. An officer of the Eng. a neck royal household who precedes the court when trav- (-Id), eling, to provide lodgings, etc.; a forerunner; pre to! cursor. — v. t. [harbingered (-jerd), -GERING.] To precede and announce, usher in.