happen (
http://definr.com/happen)
v 1: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place
off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed
important" [syn:
hap,
go on,
pass off,
occur,
pass,
come about,
take place]
2: happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by
chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These
things befell" (Santayana) [syn:
befall,
bechance]
3: chance to be or do something, without intention or
causation: "I happen to have just what you need!"
4: come into being; become reality; "Her dream really
materialized" [syn:
materialize,
materialise] [ant:
dematerialize,
dematerialize]
5: come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea
in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not
very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book
in the bookstore the other day" [syn:
find,
chance,
bump,
encounter]