v. Obs. [f. BE- 2 + HAP v.] To be fall, happen. Const. with dative obj.
c. 1450. Lonelich, Grail, xiii. 26. What so behapped him in oni chaunce. Ibid., lv. 417. It behappede that kyng Lambors And this kyng Varlans … assembled were.
a. 1450. Knt. de la Tour, vi. 9. And this behapped her.
1714. Gay, Sheph. Week, Thursd., 125. Behap what will.
