noun
- luck or fortune, especially when it occurs by chance
- an occurrence or event
Usage: archaic or literary
Usage: archaic or literary
verb
- to occur or happen by chance
Usage: archaic or literary
Examples
- By hap, they met on the street after many years apart.
- It was mere hap that she found the lost letter.
- Whatever hap may come, we must face it together.
- It happed that the two friends arrived at the same moment.
- The hap of fortune smiled upon the young traveler.