FromMiddle Englishbehappenen, equivalent tobe- +‎happen, analogous tobefall.

• Rhymes:-æpən

behappen (third-person singular simple presentbehappens,present participlebehappening,simple past and past participlebehappened)

1. (transitive, obsolete) Tohappen to, to befall.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser,The Faerie Queene Book V LII:

     "But why have ye," said Artegall, "forborne
     Your owne good shield in daungerous dismay?
     That is the greatest shame and foulest scorne,
     Which unto any knightbehappen may.
     To loose the badge that should his deedes display."

   • 1792, Thomas Holcroft,Anna St. Ives. a Novel:

     And where now might Timothy Tipkinsifflicate that it maybehappen to be for to come from?Pummel thy pumkin, and a tell me that, Peter Grievous. Where, but out of mypouche,Gaby? That is, I first havin and holdin the wherewithalls, and the whys, and the wherefores. Do you take me now? So thatforsooth, some folks maybehappen to crypeccavi.

behappen (notcomparable)

1. (dialect or obsolete) Perhaps,mayhap.
   • 1841, Charles Henry Hartshorne,Salopia Antiqua: Or, An Enquiry from Personal Survey Into the 'druidical,' Military, and Other Early Remains in Shropshire and the North Welsh Borders; with Observations Upon the Names of Places, and a Glossary of Words Used in the County of Salop‎^[1]:

     Behappen it ul rain.

Frombe- +‎happen.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈɦɑpə(n)/

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• Hyphenation:be‧hap‧pen

behappen

1. (transitive) tounderstand,fathom

   Vergis je niet, voor volwassenen is het ook vaak een probleem om die technische onderzoeksinformatie tebehappen.

   Make no mistake, it is often a problem for adults tofathom that technical research information, too.

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